The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25190 - June 15, 2012

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Asceticism fills a need to suffer SELFDENIAL
Be green, environmentally disposing of metal nuts (about 50) ENVY
Brutish Scotsman is behind bars BARBARIAN
Bunter finally going in to bend over and be taught a lesson LEARN
Carpeted drying area in primary colour ROASTED
Confronting each other before going to the guillotine? HEADON
Expert had kept away initially ADEPT
Having belt, prepare for take-off? UNBUCKLE
Having no way out, went round the bend CORNERED
Highlander's sword half buried in mud CLAY
Hunter cut wings from large and small birds ORIOLES
Line adopted by better conversationalist? TALKER
Lose flexibility, thus getting up stiffly on odd occasions OSSIFY
Nearly caught criminal stealing LARCENY
North African perhaps bitter about return of British BERBER
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Ornaments of dress, exotic apparel and short hair PARAPHERNALIA
Part of capital market is allowed to take precedence MAYFAIR
Pour scorn on grid (no good) and one clue (terrible) RIDICULE
Produced boron and neon, each about to be stolen BORNE
Queen of the South stars apt to be mobbed by crowd, briefly CLEOPATRA
Quietly laid in earth to decompose SPOIL
Rebel male found under ruins after earthquake INSURGENT
Reindeer hearing bear make unfriendly noise CARIBOU
Retired writer feeding fat cat LEOPARD
Shortened first and second cables from aerials LEADINS
Some call it "roti", coming from the east TORTILLA
Song perhaps is extremely dreary and unpleasant DYNASTY
They're "alive, alive-O!" ANAEROBES
Wet French road, slippery from that point on THENCEFORWARD
What's inside cell/mobile or small palmtop PROTOPLASM