The Times - Cryptic - Sunday Times Cryptic 3930 - September 16, 2001

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A large number of tenders, these containers COFFERS
A plank to get you on the boat ABOARD
A tiller in this primary sense LITERAL
All dressed up and ready to go INGEAR
Americans look for refusal, turning up YANKEES
Assistant returns to river, to obtain parasitic larva REDIA
Blush, embarrassed, with overlay of unwanted fat glaringly exposed by it? FLASHBULB
Cheaper, travelling with rabbi in tow, evangelist found PREACHER
Female opened door to a literary ring-bearer FRODO
Fools many and keeps out of their clutches DELUDES
Force the architect to take grinding action GNASH
Former VIP loses unruly charges EXPLOSIVES
In which hardness of heart is a virtue? CABBAGE
Intractable person seen to pull ahead DRAGON
It hangs on for a long time after a very quiet finish APPENDAGE
Make a cash allowance? GRANT
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No embargo - free to supply this missile BOOMERANG
Observes the intrusion and gets hot under the collar SEETHES
On the face of it, I bless Tony's conversion OSTENSIBLY
Rally after which all is forgiven? COMEBACK
Ravel to play with energy - it's uplifting ELEVATOR
Reduces drastically, but this way it's safe SECURED
Set off, carrying compass - but drive apart ESTRANGE
Shuffle in class SORT
Someone happy to see increase in litter PIGBREEDER
Survey in metres SCAN
Take in a bird GULL
Tender of vessel I board almost packed to capacity PAINFUL
The kind of orchid a prim lady transplanted PYRAMIDAL
They say it's not a consonant - I swear! AVOWAL
Top grade, or the kindergarten? FIRSTCLASS
Well endowed resorts SPAS