The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24172 - March 13, 2009

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Apprentice is more efficient, master finally admitted LEARNER
Author protecting pound provided for feral animals WILDLIFE
Bluntly indicate financial institution must protect pound POINTBLANK
Check study on way to fish with single line CONTROL
Demand payment of levy heartlessly, or in nice way EXACTLY
Doomed king switching sides? True REAL
Eye-opening article by Conservative party initially REVELATORY
Feminine expert on the best kind of cosmetic FACECREAM
Garment in which King Edward got very hot JACKET
I moved in train to a foreign capital TIRANA
Impasse on board about British colleague in same organization STABLEMATE
Insulting expression, initially, can make one cry SOB
Keep in mind, record ain't broken ENTERTAIN
Landowner hasn't finished making den LAIR
Lead, for example, special team into European city BASEMETAL
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Left on charts kept by newest ward sister WESTWARDS
Left part of Europe for part of Africa LIBERIA
Measure getting police HQ's mark of approval YARDSTICK
Old chap carried by railway, one of those travelling ROMANY
Overlapping signs showing facilities for readers LIBRARIES
Part of record for monomaniac ONETRACK
Playful female — dangerous, too FRISKY
Priests holding mass for old feast day LAMMAS
Romance is wild round island in part of Pacific MICRONESIA
Scene of annual US event one month before its start AUGUSTA
Settles scores ARRANGES
Steps taken in preparation for engagement WARDANCE
Tourist as person having highly enjoyable experience? TRIPPER
Way to address some respected Indian, originally SRI
Work on last part of road surface COBBLE