The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24339 - September 24, 2009

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Appropriate naval officer crossing equator originally COMMANDEER
Bird with better side CAPON
Birthplace of Edmond de Goncourt and one of the Mitford sisters NANCY
Board member getting dole is cursing EXECRATION
Bookmakers possibly being kind, going to the dogs TYPESETTERS
Don't go about with chief REMAIN
Excellence of a sort CLASS
For starters, eat oysters? Never in a thousand million years EON
Foul row RANK
Frank is not attractive PLAIN
Garments similar to cloaks but not carbon copies APES
Hard English novelist STERNE
Having an uninteresting job, daughter is unable to move ANCHORED
King Edward's on his horse? Run away! SKEDADDLE
Larks in a strange land SRILANKA
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Light in the still of the night? Nonsense! MOONSHINE
Mould on the meat? It's by no means fresh MOTHEATEN
One new centre-half on record as tending to stir up trouble INCENDIARY
Painting Mr Chips, say? OLDMASTER
Poor scholar discovered by debt collector on outskirts of Cambridge DUNCE
Reduced accommodation may be suitable APT
Room temperature favoured for red wine CHAMBERTIN
Strait-laced woman covering a Botticelli painting PRIMAVERA
Such ores featuring in workings? ARGENTIFEROUS
Taken from place to place, as water music may be PIPED
Tell me how to be too clever for success OUTWITHIT
Top player in audition is to give up CEDE
Trenton's first to be involved with Great Danes in New Jersey GARDENSTATE
Ultimately Christmas fairy had to be cool, calm and collected SELFPOSSESSED
Where retired people may be seen in Hollywood or Malibu DORM