The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 969 - March 10, 2012

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A graduate, with it, brought over violin AMATI
About to handle withdrawal RETREAT
Advocate having stone-filled wall? BARRISTER
Badly-written thing, notice in club NIGHTSPOT
Battle of New Orleans? SALERNO
Belt of identical colour brought in SAMBROWNE
Broadcasting, leaving out old jazz music SWING
City in Crete lies devastated LEICESTER
City working to support start of recovery in toto TORONTO
Colour of ball you're playing ROYALBLUE
Comes closer to making profits — number comes up GAINSON
Criticise service, needing a wonder drug PANACEA
Division in society in form that leads to excellence CLASSDISTINCTION
Fighting, groom with a temperature COMBAT
Fruit and a soft Italian cheese? No thanks APRICOT
Given information, regularly trim an alpine plant GENTIAN
Go scrambling with Hillary, a cherished ambition HOLYGRAIL
Go without food in bar around start of Ramadan STARVE
Grass from eastern region bedding in well ESPARTO
Great pleasure from French match DELIGHT
Having strong effect, a criticism briefly attached to doctor DRASTIC
Heavier dog tires, running STODGIER
Inherited a northern castle? Oddly, that's about right ANCESTRAL
Kind to bid with short suit, East with diamonds TENDERHEARTED
Leaving thrilling chapter out EXITING
Loose-limbed, Italian male after end of drill LITHE
Lothario, more discreet around sultanate WOMANISER
Made light of notes involving one editor MINIMISED
Margaret has a mobile loudhailer MEGAPHONE
Mark, a goner, sadly, in battle fought in Italy MARENGO
Martial art expert in Shotokan, in Japan NINJA
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Mean to give support to excellent run SUPERINTEND
More than one spoke of girl in attack that finally fails RADII
New York landmark by fair TIMESSQUARE
New Yorker delights in desserts KNICKERBOCKERGLORIES
Nymph? No, a wizard, oddly NAIAD
Ordered to greet her, a regular at Drury Lane? THEATREGOER
Photographs ten broad flat fish XRAYS
Pick up king, then knight LEARN
Piece — article about new English style of furniture QUEENANNE
Racing article having little depth? THEFLAT
Ray creating fuss about standard pronunciation given to English TORPEDO
Row of buildings — intense anger about name RANGE
Run more EXTRA
Scandinavian girl, up but lacking energy ASTRID
Scottish king's medal shown round heaving local MALCOLM
Show a sharp point stuck in me MATINEE
Spoke highly of power lift by daughter PRAISED
Study written text in draft CONSCRIPT
Support back, terribly sore ENDORSE
The odds against fourth being murdered in one minute without forethought? (2,3,4,2,3,6) ONTHESPUROFTHEMOMENT
To court popularity, look up at the gods? PLAYTOTHEGALLERY
Tramp after fall should find a place to sleep CRASHPAD
Treat popular deputy STANDIN
Turn out to be some unfortunate victim EVICT
Unattached clergyman, reportedly an unpredictable type LOOSECANNON
Visual showing best clubs acquired for millions OPTICAL
Wayward English bishop accompanying social worker ERRANT
What may be taught at school about helium, head of Marlborough is to evaluate CHEMISTRY
What one German soldier was called in ditch by English preacher DESERTFOX
Wild dog shot after row DINGO
Working together to inhibit swearword, having to listen to this? GHETTOBLASTER