The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22745 - August 17, 2004

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Affectionate type meeting assailant in secret HUGGERMUGGER
Beetle, for example, giving East End bloke a turn? IMAGO
Bird originally nesting under roofing material NUTHATCH
British novelist in charge of port? BUTLER
Christian, say, can always sustain character overseas MUTINEER
Church has inclination to go in for purge CLEANSE
Course in Holy Writ upset Herod at first ANTIPASTO
Cry of praise from house physician finally touring hospital area HOSANNA
Enthusiast welcoming monarch in China? FRIEND
Gift more than one of 16 took to Tahiti? BOUNTY
Got a whiff of 23 SMELT
Impress leader of group supported by 12 GRAB
It's very monotonous and said to be bad for one's shoes SOULDESTROYING
Legal appointee's without ploys reportedly involving old currency EXECUTRIX
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Like a booby finding a way north? AVIAN
Much loved illustrator engaged in publicity ADORED
Passage from book throws out court especially EXTRA
Possibly the sole counter in various games FISH
Put out about new hurt? It's causing no distress UNWEPT
Responsive girl involved in leisurely walk AMENABLE
Revolutionary device that has its purpose, one's admitted TURNSTILE
Ridiculous-sounding figure resistant to chemical attack SILICONE
Splendid warning about duke concerning historic resting-place GREATBEDOFWARE
Start to master different language from this? MOTHERTONGUE
Stoned bachelor by soldiers' house BLOTTO
Tenure he rejected in meadow exchanged for cash LEASEHOLD
The French copper penetrating spy's part of compound MOLECULE
Visionary Parisian who beheaded alien QUIXOTIC