The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22606 - March 8, 2004

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Attend carefully to the lines in this sort of rhyme NURSERY
Black sheep is eatable at no cost GOODFORNOTHING
Buffalo Bill capturing Maine in satirical play COMEDY
Ceremonial officer shortly has information on native servant SWORDBEARER
Crack troop in charge covered entrance PORTICO
Dope - taking in line, with this smooth entry? INFLOW
Egg has to be worth salt NITRATE
For example, say why Scotsman receives exercises in Arabic EGYPTIAN
Holding free trip to make reparation DOPENANCE
Indian tax collector lifting lid on raids designed to catch fifty TAHSILDAR
Irritated after tax took precedence NETTLED
Ishmael found unconscious at first OUTCAST
Long time to get pair round? This may summon one PAGER
Minor personalities touring eastern island CELEBES
Month on a lake based on eights OCTAL
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Not a steady sort of meeting BLINDDATE
Not suitable as part of Advanced Passenger Train INAPT
Open University Marxist leader embracing smug people's religion OPIUM
Person losing diamonds from corsage BOD
Preliminary section; it's not at the end of the anthem INTRO
Recurrent theme resulting from tie to film LEITMOTIF
Runs through fence on motorway when reversing IMPALES
Scheme to try to get off with PROPOSITION
See perennial partly curl up inside LUPIN
Selection of tunes in medley may be up to Prior POTPOURRI
The function of officers COS
The top arts form is ill-disciplined usually FORTHEMOSTPART
They are kept on the hearth, next to the dogs FIREIRONS
Unscrupulous people get pension scheme to cover medical speciality SERPENTS
Vamoose shortly to Iowa - what a bloomer BEGONIA