The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 508 - February 14, 2004

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Alice likes one new gown when appearing first in company ALONG
Angel backing works succeeded in neither SPONSOR
Artist failing to portray Eastern Indian city SURAT
As supervisor does part of poem in Old English OVERSEE
Astonishingly quick domestic over barbecue heater (4,1,5,2,4) LIKEAHOUSEONFIRE
Bert hits on going out to get an emerald for May, perhaps BIRTHSTONE
Brilliant, quiet Conservative coming up to city has funny chin PYROTECHNIC
Brought up around point, female? BREASTFED
Cheek displayed by groups of elders, perhaps in a particular area NECKOFTHEWOODS
Come again and let me off, please IBEGYOURPARDON
Commanding officer keeping it up after tea in mess CHAOTIC
Cricket stroke just short of century creates high activity OVERDRIVE
Delighted, having finished new home in fashionable style OVERTHEMOON
Drink I had with company in gallery, perhaps PORTICO
Eat nothing very key after rodents turn up STARVE
English flower festival EASTER
European national bridge, one put over a road SPANIARD
Expression of horror in, say, lion being trapped CAUGHT
Fish isleman braises evenly SEABASS
Fitted by inches, except one length needing tucking in INBUILT
Flower, certainly not related to forget-me-not LETHE
Getting drunk, note biriani needs to be served up INEBRIATION
Glossy fabric one's destroyed in red dyestuff SATIN
Hard task at table - can this be provided centrally? HEATING
High mountainous area's temperature? I'll take a wager TIBET
I'm a fanatic about sea's first rising - resulting in this? TSUNAMI
It's a CIA arrangement which would include Chinese ASIATIC
Lacking training, caused print to be distorted UNPRACTISED
Like the best Havana cigars servant provided for the auditor HANDMADE
Main course includes top of cream to put over steak ENTRECOTE
Make mistake in rank for volunteer soldier TERRIER
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Not a Home Counties camp bunch of pansies? NOSEGAY
Odd people sent greetings CARDS
Ointment female's pinched from work UNCTION
One who may need to extract roots in his field MATHEMATICIAN
Parasites latched on to a girl ALICE
Playing Elgar étude free of constraints DEREGULATE
Pop played with mute and played fast UPTEMPO
Pope sends out fifty from Rome to bind together CEMENT
Prepare to unload truck but fail to give mates support LETTHESIDEDOWN
Production: inconvenienced it's in the wrong order OUTPUT
Quarrel about right fish SPRAT
Quotes from Darwin and Wells I omitted CITES
Recce planet that's fine for pressure but with changing albedo REFLECTANCE
Reconstructed man, Igor, wandering around ROAMING
Remote place for dealing with business mail TRADINGPOST
Respect is crumbling for the Queen's staff SCEPTRE
Safe announcing head of college's rule for promotion PETERPRINCIPLE
Serious offender is saint on the inside SINNER
Singleton taken out of pack LONEWOLF
Sow let loose among cattle? It's easily done NOSWEAT
Summon half-hearted author over showing such activity ENERGETIC
Tabloid pens today's heading to amaze STUN
Take place of commanding officer that's despicable man OCCUR
Taking second out of spirits locker, Mark? Ta TANTALUM
Time in tenant's lease? Year? That's nice SUBTLETY
Tint reversal? I somehow confused salt used in photography SILVERNITRATE
Valuable but lowly worker fools Editor badly FOOTSOLDIER
Volcano Estonian regularly visited ETNA
What driver has passed on the road DRIVINGTEST
What rotor does and what it can do without changing in succession TURNANDTURNABOUT
You find egg eventually in expected place, last to hatch? YOUNGEST