The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22905 - February 21, 2005

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'Reasonably good' covering learner's skill FLAIR
Absorbing article makes invalid go for regular books ANNUALS
An Italian's easy to get on with SIMPATICO
Bird with gold colouration to reach the ground after losing tail ORTOLAN
Book offering little solace to agriculturalists? COLDCOMFORTFARM
Concerning organised and free votes REFERENDA
Decoration split down the middle in open public area PAINTWORK
Domestic help I changed - last two sacked in dreadful row CHARIVARI
Electricity finally flowing through power line, on this? PYLON
Energy just not there at first in game GUSTO
English celebrities amongst well-off, mostly? That's believable REALISTIC
Fairly big US city beginning to run some military hospital LARGISH
Forename of miser is recalled by girl? Not quite SILAS
French river, one featured in historic writings LOIRE
Girl's range of knowledge encompassing a single educational element? KAREN
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Golf club not very affected by sunnier climate DRIER
Highly skilled: six runs, then is out swinging, caught VIRTUOSIC
Ill-treated child accepting wretched life in cathedral city LICHFIELD
Inspires elevated addition to character? SERIF
Instrument, one carried by leading performer SITAR
Junior, washing clothes, dropping article taking line down UNDERLING
Picked some guide to 'volunteer' for climbing VOTED
Positioned first two of Tintoretto's angelic figures PUTTI
Pub - one's closed, but admitting minor functionary in disguise INCOGNITO
Rear of corpulent to move in ungainly way? Nonsense TWADDLE
Regretting one being in step RUING
Second landslide hasn't disrupted remote part of kingdom SHETLANDISLANDS
Someone who'd be up for trial? TESTPILOT
Timetable-maker in school, man with flexible rule SCHEDULER
Unconventional manicure applied to line of digits NUMERICAL