The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22796 - October 15, 2004

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After rum finish off gin found lying around? Just a bit left ODDMENT
American force having to go round opponents boxed in here PRIZERING
Best performance in sports ground? No way RECORD
Cave that's unattractive changed at last GROTTO
Come into pub shortly before woman's given sweet vermouth INHERIT
Common room feature ambitious professor avoids EASYCHAIR
Craft carries wide propeller AIRSCREW
Cringe when poet misses out opening of poem COWER
Do brilliantly finding holy book originally lost outside church EXCEL
Doctrines not specified in one's unpublished work ISMS
Face possibly wideawake official of the first rank BRASSHAT
Flattering extremely slim host SMARMY
Flower shop involved in crooked deal ASPHODEL
Frequent search covering area HAUNT
He wrote leading article's conclusion defending revolution TROLLOPE
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How Earth may appear from plane, in indefinite future? WORLDWITHOUTEND
In Kerala this may give wallop to dacoit LATHI
Leap from taxi, upset about nothing CABRIOLE
Like soldier left many times to engage enemy at the front PARALLEL
Musical performance I made into film GIGI
New dog's first to become good swimmer GUPPY
One giving quick talk to audience for popular music RAPARTIST
Painter I dismissed once is one of great importance TITAN
Passing here PM recollected exotic ale houses EPHEMERAL
Read novel that's complicated and too heavy OVERLADEN
Repeatedly study one non-English author CONRAD
Severely criticise habits CLOBBER
Spell in prison a mistake? CANTRIP
Spice Boy cuts new version of five CORIANDER
What gunslingers do, to put it bluntly SHOOTFROMTHEHIP