The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24178 - March 20, 2009

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Amazing thing that may rise and fall WOW
Big hitting WHACKING
Blanket a requirement in poor weather UMBRELLA
Boy holds map showing Santa's home LAPLAND
Bum around, penning English poem RONDEAU
Coded message being received in turn, call Wheeler outside CRYPTOGRAM
Exhaust, impressing a New Labour mantra, when repeated EDUCATION
Facilitate a work of grand proportions AIDA
Fool, in company with politician, getting stuck into no work NINCOMPOOP
Last to seek dispute, stick up for basic industry LEGWORK
Letters at the back of a Russian passport for poet OVID
Many starving with borders inaccessible OODLES
Mirror image being shown feels distorted ONESELF
No, I'm not blue without time off! NOBELIUM
Nothing disturbs the beauty of some vessels VENOUS
Old charity home left feeding army on ground ALMONRY
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Opposed to taking a drink AGIN
Point carried by spike, as weapon LANCE
Protective sheet starts to unfurl several times coming into port DUSTCOVER
Seeing scold, Conservative has to rush in to the wardrobe? CHIDE
Seldom view changes t txt lk ths? DISEMVOWEL
Smoking habit? REEFER
Solemnly say when always breaking stuff ASSEVERATE
Some gas to release blocks large outlet MEGASTORE
Start to sketch donkey on packet, obscuring device SMOKEBOMB
Stone managed to cut fish? I'm not sure CORUNDUM
Then everything in effect is like an egg? OVOID
Tickled pink? SALMON
Trimmed grass — bristle from it? AWN
US city in which a tramp brought up TULSA
Winner clutching first of medals, as top ACME