The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 668 - November 11, 2006

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Almost chance upon sea-bird in lake LUCERNE
Ancient Mariner's unshakeable burden (3,3,2,3,3) OLDMANOFTHESEA
Apple and fish containing lead COSTARD
Application of needle produces this sharp pain STITCH
Approve inhaling a joint, reduced to stark circumstances BLEAKNESS
Avoided giving description of ziggurat SIDESTEPPED
Bordering main road, dark red rock PUMICE
Burgled hotel using access from river WATERGATE
Calf as little gift? STOCKINGFILLER
Composer makes grand fortune GLUCK
Cooperating and offering great affection HANDINGLOVE
Describe a plane circle around the horizontal axis LOOPTHELOOP
Doctor comes to a halt WHOA
English king takes minor town LUDLOW
Fancies being moved aside IDEAS
Flag sort of rose STANDARD
God a fiction, you say? Almost audacious MITHRAS
Going over and over round bend in journey ROUTE
He negotiated labyrinth of juxtaposed pronouns THESEUS
Interested in American women? I'm not fussy BROADMINDED
Introduction to underworld to maintain students AVERNUS
Is hevery lad going to school? DOTHEBOYSHALL
Island's distance in hours measured by this, right? ASCENSION
Kitchen implement said to be more important GREATER
Make towards the back of the tent MARQUEE
Man cutting perhaps gets painful stiffness before tree falls CRICKETER
Man in charge of game initially even-handed between sides RULER
Merman embarrassed king ETHELRED
Missile had exploded over one religious state SAMADHI
Mortification of star that fell WORMWOOD
My friend Carol trying to end a sea of troubles by it? OPPOSING
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Nine out of twelve could be represented as new THREEQUARTERS
NZ great to visit, despite distance? No worries to date SOFARSOGOOD
One to be smitten, embraced by a clever and beautiful girl (1,3,2,3,5) ABITOFALLRIGHT
Outfit for cricket club WHITES
Pad I want shortened for sort of jacket MATINEE
Percy on the blower? (3,2,3,4,4) ODETOTHEWESTWIND
Pick more suitable tracks: this is a racy rhyme HORSESFORCOURSES
Puzzle book litigant is about to seize REBUS
Quickly produce decisive blow KNOCKOUT
Raise dispatch, seized by special troops - no joy there SADNESS
Recommend leaving pawn to promote RAISE
Reviewed in dailies, best rock DESTABILISE
Room seen through centre of window ATTIC
Score points off teacher, with hidden book at front MARKDOWN
Slight problem keeping say returned holy water GANGES
So, a real-time solution has beneficial effect AMELIORATES
Some clothes were once taken up and put on son TREWS
Son's arrest announced, one learned SCHOLAR
Sort of disk lacking tone FLOPPY
Sort of murder undergraduate aspires to FIRSTDEGREE
Start worrying again about fieldwork REDOUBT
Stole across border, going to one European region BOHEMIA
Suggested place in compartment POSITED
The grid generated electricity, finally producing current EDDY
To the obese, a litre can be disastrous FATAL
Town looking for underworld boss HUNTINGDON
Trial suit abandoned, cancelled initially in others' interest ALTRUISTIC
Turn to article about lightweight philosopher SPINOZA
Unmerited to-do I encountered rewriting motto DIEUETMONDROIT
Want some pitiable attention? BLEAT
What signal does for danger ignored by navy, as instructed TUTORED