The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25027 - December 8, 2011

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A drink a poor actor brought back for a prince MAHARAJA
Achieve prominence making streamers and banners? HITTHEHEADLINES
An eyesore, small, yet awful STYE
Ancient instrument engineer rather oddly plays PSALTERY
Astronomer's hard-wearing trousers JEANS
Become stressed in brawl FRAY
Canon regularly lacking answer, like Perry Mason LAWYERLY
Citizen withholding name, mounting musical EVITA
Cut grouse when speaking MOWN
Difficult person defending book HARDBACK
Disconcerting shot likely to occur soon? OFFPUTTING
Give instrumental performance of Pooh-Bah's first song PLAY
He prepares courses, using revolutionary formula at first CHEF
In the RAF he worked as a physicist FAHRENHEIT
It provides a seal? Blow that! GASKET
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It's visible, say, having egg on INCITE
Leftist sympathiser we meet on the 4.50 from Paddington? FELLOWTRAVELLER
Mediocre role unhappily accepted by board TOLERABLE
Nursery provides some mediocre cherries CRECHE
One may produce sculpture? One does CHISELLER
Order of architecture mocking king dismissed IONIC
Put out if arrested by male FBI agent MIFFED
Salmon leap, possibly — a force in the north WATERFALL
Scotsman still going round university CALUM
Select a judge in dire trouble RAREFIED
Singer's dismal attempt to circumvent resistance BLUEBIRD
Union auxiliary holding up the train? BRIDESMAID
Vague slur reportedly losing force DIMINUENDO
Vessel returns, displaying national emblem LEEK
Way naval commander consumes little veg SWEETCORN