The Times - Cryptic - Sunday Times Cryptic 4143 - October 16, 2005

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Clues Answers
A church is brilliant ACE
A learner's to request a cold place ALASKA
Aged standard-bearer ANCIENT
Animal in the gym HORSE
Beardsley's stuff is a skill new to Paris ARTNOUVEAU
Climb Everest? MOUNT
Cover old pool LIDO
Drink from a tap at the back COCKTAIL
Effeminate hat maiden wears CAMP
Funny sailor returns to dance RUMBA
Gland for twenty across, perhaps PROSTATE
Have extremely suspicious gang on it POSSESS
He's no-one else to play with SOLOIST
Lower arms in fierce sea after storm CEASEFIRE
Managing while on the move RUNNING
Maybe part of squid curry making an impression? INDIANINK
Clues Answers
Poem that's initially enlightening ACROSTIC
Prayer for hog running away from thoroughfare after crash OURFATHER
Quality piece of land PROPERTY
Rod's prompt CUE
Rogue changed makeup ROUGE
Rotten about central players in act DECAYED
Small woodman Rip Van Winkle found? SLUMBERER
Spent it yesterday having a thing ENTITY
Spiv behind man's back is a slippery character CONGER
Strings pulled to get Persian's bed? CATSCRADLE
There's still one monster YETI
Touring China, Meg takes a French weapon MACHINEGUN
Uri bragged when bending something in cage? BUDGERIGAR
What hose might go into SHOE
When cruising hear fish SHARKS