The Times - Cryptic - Club Monthly 20147 - December 1, 2012

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A fine storyteller is easier to talk to (logically) AFFABLER
After first person, see side river as treatment for arthritis MELOXICAM
Backing one such as Callaghan secures English period of modernisation MEIJI
Bird from New World isle and the rest returning free ICTERID
Caravan I left in downmarket restaurant area CAFFILA
Consenting answers head off pregnancies YESES
Cossack leader, nothing like a lesbian? HETMAN
Cut border on article for Spaniard's winter coat VERGLAS
Discharge unwise tweet's origin in profile which people can't resist viewing? CARCRASHTV
Endless emptiness, covered with more grass, disheartened driver VOITURIER
Florid tenor's a blast from the past NOREAST
Great triumph of Ceausescu, managed after each escapes SUCCESFOU
Hi-tech fibre length in eg techno knitwear's first to be recalled KEVLAR
I survived, somehow brought back to life REDIVIVUS
Literary family mark a broadcast on East European sea KARAMAZOV
Make stupid, tedious behaviour an uncertainty, breaking away BRUTIFY
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Mostly secular American ruler killed by his son LAIUS
Name for first of cakes among cream-filled type being discussed by patissier? ENLAIR
Norse poet when welcoming king over lord SKALD
NW Mexican language grasped by many a quizmaster YAQUI
Obscure what people want to do to 'eart-throb? BEDIM
Officer Commanding imprisons loaded comrade, ignoring top brass ORICHALC
One nicker to limit volume, getting sound off INVEIGH
Queen once confining former consort in outbuilding ANNEXE
Short letter conveying small enthusiasm ZEST
South American food product packed in Maracaibo ACAI
South American infusion, a tea nearly unknown to the West YERBA
Supply five ounces as a witches' brew? VENEFICOUS
Tasteful Italian sauce covering duck penne's centre up UNVULGAR
Wartime statesman ousting Mussolini's the party's last of the ministry CHURCHLY
What's in regular slots for free arguing, given more airtime? RERUN
Whistle to sound like a duck, almost completely circling Illinois QUAILCALL