The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24752 - January 21, 2011

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Clues Answers
A claim Brit made, oddly enough, that gets him off the hook? ALIBI
American TV shows blunder on train BOOBTUBE
Be busy eating fine gammon HOKUM
Be determined to break up RESOLVE
Boozer reflecting on beer belly TOPER
Bored in Swiss city, left, going west BLASE
Dismisses theory lacking a focus for domesticity FIRESIDE
Dog in pitiful state, I concluded BASENJI
Dope sent out with speed? NEWSFLASH
Extremely short horse goes to battle VERDUN
Fellow member imbibing tea perfectly LIKEACHARM
From China one ancient language PALI
Fruit trade, cut by half, is in trouble AVOCADO
He is given the duty to remove staff EXCISEMAN
Kind of yellowish-brown climbing flower NATURE
Matricide beheaded enemies without respite ORESTES
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Men in service in muddled situation MORASS
Muse dancing with Clio in large, entertaining building COLISEUM
Name capital in sheikhdom DUBAI
Prisoners hide guns, after uprising, among garden tools HOSTAGES
Proof of tests Iran carried out RESISTANT
Puzzle over conservative's promise WORDSQUARE
Set of principles Elizabeth I chiefly held ETHIC
Severely restrict one acting badly on line HAMSTRING
Show curiosity SPECTACLE
Sovereign's position confused on the radio THRONE
Upset about being seen in club or bar in Paris BRASSERIE
Vicious spat over and done with PAST
Violent behaviour disheartened goalkeeper during a game AGGRO
Where a packet might be lost? ATSEA
Who'll be angry with bull running wrong way? TOREROS
Writer, one progressing slowly, changing opening HAGGARD