The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 21959 - February 9, 2002

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As a form of self-defence, the construction of epigrams? MARTIALART
Away from the trenches, lacking restraint OVERTHETOP
Building worker, mother and child put on weight STONEMASON
Burns, for example, drug in container POET
Drive starts in unpleasant rain, ends in blazing sunshine URGE
Drop out of old university, having place in MA OMIT
Endlessly join together and split apart RIVE
Eventual result of bulb being lit up incorrectly TULIP
For example, a Persian mug PUSS
Frying material in small quantity that ensures successful entrée? BATTERINGRAM
Get to the bottom of what's sheer? SEETHROUGH
How to pay out? Pass across a bunch of cards HANDOVERHAND
Insufficiently feed, having opened canned pear inside UNDERPAID
Invested Englishman's capital in gilt-edged BESET
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Like some rugby from Twickers, even as I described SEVENASIDE
Obtain lace as ordered, providing enough for a suit ACTIONABLE
Old-fashioned sentence from mild Tory? No, no! HARDLABOUR
One way to calculate result of vendetta? LONGDIVISION
Play male part-timer in big match THETEMPEST
Pot for meat and potato dish HASH
President and First Lady left in place of rest ROOSEVELT
RSM roared out this? ORDERARMS
Rules announced as means of control REINS
Serendipitously find success possible HITON
So-called knight, foremost of boozers in play TOBY
To create leaders, perhaps, elite is involved with radio EDITORIALISE
Victoria always has second best mark? Just the opposite VICEVERSA
What's repeatedly required for a toast? Punch CHIN