The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 21900 - December 1, 2001

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Before summer, advertise poisonous creeper PUFFADDER
Brief RAF man, held in reserve endlessly, not saying much LACONIC
Confess leader must abandon contrary directions OWNUP
Connection is leaking badly LINKAGE
Denizen of deep looks good in water SEPIA
Direct English translation read out RECITED
Ecstasy in old forbidden city, looking where one shouldn't PEEKING
Flags in one part of the kingdom WILTS
Get a kick out of dream team playing this? FANTASYFOOTBALL
How to recognise cat, not Siamese, in the distance FURLONG
Ignored as arrangement is fixed up ORGANISED
In principle in China one finds extremely sagacious poet TASSO
Looking amazed as cartoon character has daughter POPEYED
Modern trends in the novel (3,3,2,4,3) THEWAYWELIVENOW
More ready to eat, devouring mushroom, a thin basis for dish RICEPAPER
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Nitrogen-filled meat that can be bought VENAL
Notice about lock being written down AMORTISED
Old medical attendant, one good at sponging LEECH
One should keep running for the whole race, all the time STOPWATCH
Pulled up to interrupt people making maps further ahead ONWARDS
Refuse to add signature at first to legal document SWILL
Rubbish found in valley, like certain leaves DENTATE
Sheet disturbed in nap ritual TARPAULIN
Some blades, part of grass ESPARTO
Sorry salesman's run away from competitor REPENTANT
Spaniard covered up an attempt to seize sovereign HIDALGO
Successfully resist pressure to join in dance REPEL
Team labouring to produce Anglican anthem? WORKFORCE
What Boleyn lost, cut by edge where chopper came down HELIPAD
When king has entered, receives seals GASKETS