The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24983 - October 18, 2011

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Absence of bells with this recording? NOTING
Advantage of English degree, oddly EDGE
Afford one small animal, nothing more RUNTO
Announced punishment for murderer CAIN
Beginning of hoo-ha over rise in rent for accommodation HOTEL
Carouser, having left bar reeling, finishes in the gutter REVELLER
Charitable donation reduced, with cents collected CALM
Commander's weapon on display, say SHOGUN
Container when empty needing fish to be added? CREEL
Country where things get hot amidst troubles during revolution SLOVENIA
dish that's rank, harmful when swallowed GRILLADE
Don't bother adding trimmed lean meat to a certain ... LEAVEALONE
Great ruler no longer, man losing crown gets cross with queen ALEXANDER
He clambers on the rocks and runs SCRAMBLER
In mess, sergeant checks back door perhaps EGRESS
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Jam put on table in advance? PRESERVE
Leaders returned prize money TOPBRASS
Morse scribbled name and address SERMON
Overcome by illness, composer stops working GIVESOUT
Perhaps 16 is one that goes through rivers RACER
Polish girl's brief northbound tour is ending in seedy English city SALISBURY
Question I put to meeting about difficult situation QUAGMIRE
Relax on holiday in a way that calls for gradual exposure? STRIPTEASE
Settling into new quarters, servicemen organised gala — there's a column in that TRAFALGARSQUARE
They swim in straight lines RAYS
Warships, quantity brought in to occupy area FLOTILLA
Welshman tucked into good staple food — beef GRIEVANCE
Workers' representatives witter on about reduction in wage PAYCUT
Worries about small pet CARESS