The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 23916 - May 17, 2008

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A young male celebrity backed in concert ASONEMAN
African runners appear, as anthem may be over GNUS
Army entertainer HOST
As experiment it's nice if reserved cold SCIENTIFIC
Beneath lettuce, spider regularly develops habit of crawling? COSSIE
Bubbly fellow's eating very soft little sweeties MOPPETS
Cricketer from school shortly getting hundred COMPTON
Encounter humour that's black, not lewd, ultimately COMEBY
Exchange racket before smashing CONFAB
Extra-fast using the tube? SUPERGLUED
For crunch match initially loading dice CHOMP
Gold in Sunshine State leads to area's growth FLORA
He's Fleet St's deeper sort SPEEDSTER
His unwanted messages, returned in part, scar Emma psychologically SPAMMER
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Home, say, visited by judge or model early PREFORM
King intervening in strike in town WREXHAM
Kipling story-teller can cultivate foppish look, with luck PUCKOFPOOKSHILL
Like posh fellow, perhaps, making bird glower TITLED
Lines from Lear don't show fate, sadly, protecting a king THEAKONDOFSWAT
Mid-siesta? Leave the ironing - I'll make coffee! ESPRESSO
Mistake comic actor for resident of Drury Lane MUFFINMAN
One ineffectual, if phenomenally unusual Beijing telephone directory? CHINLESSWONDER
Peddle part made by plant HAWKBIT
Press person in company to waste no time changing accommodation BEDANDBREAKFAST
Start trouble when inviting bachelor to abscond JUMPBAIL
Starts to lecture sexy, sordid gal on stripping EXORDIA
State line dividing Russia and America BELARUS
Way of building traditions that Parisian follows MORESQUE