The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23684 - August 20, 2007

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Barbaric, to excite woman HEATHEN
Choral piece taking little time before New Year celebrations MOTET
Cloth article shrank, given a time tumbling ASTRAKHAN
Complacent with lots of sweets around SMUG
Flower picked with ease, we hear - nothing in it PICOTEE
Go in car? That's bad, with carbon involved ORGANIC
Grandma, very enthusiastic buff NANKEEN
Having lost side of leg, stopped, and couldn't stand HATED
Honours a couple of books KINGS
Honours even at first in this round OBESE
How chess players see each other in all cases ACROSSTHEBOARD
It's instrumental in getting embargo applied to little woman BANJO
Jealous, like the yellow god GREENEYED
Mouth opens, letting investigating periodontist see your nasty caries LIPSYNC
NY street frequented by tramps and other people without shelter THEBOWERY
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Old part of speech's quite quiet - new is bombastic OVERBLOWN
Policemen in the workplace are short of colour LAMPBLACK
Shortly abuse one new hormone INSULIN
SoignŽ, gay, relaxed and carefree EASYGOING
Stand firm - stop guerdons being distributed HOLDONESGROUND
Temper's lost frequently OFTEN
Tenor finally repaired split DRIFT
Title of hot drink NEGUS
Train at ten o'clock - the fifth poet's missed ATTENDANTS
Two relations, one giving a right earful DUTCHUNCLE
Unseemly column in news medium TASTELESS
US detective going on foot? GUMSHOE
What is required as scenery changes? NECESSARY
While speaking is aware of hooter NOSE
Without approval one shelf has been put up inside it ILLICIT