The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25350 - December 19, 2012

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Articulate girl with light brown hair bottled spirit GENIE
Asian family employed in War Department, all females WOMANKIND
Bear with this, perhaps — it's dichotomous POLAR
Capital savings account held by a trio of academics ADDISABABA
Character pronounced fit to work in pool once TYPEWRITE
Cobblers' coarse laugh a wife ignored GUFF
Crew member evasive about sailor keeping wine store CABINBOY
Dog rose, having first of bones before walk BRAMBLE
Fine tailless animal harnessed to empty cart MULCT
Fleet Street barber was ahead — despite having done this? TODDLED
Grand Old Man attending old king's dance GOPAK
Head of countrywide firm supplying beet CHARD
Her MEP befuddled with ale? It's short-lived EPHEMERAL
It's likely this is not even very new ODDSON
Lighterman's cry of surprise looking up at pub BARGEE
Like saints permitted to support hospital HALLOWED
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Long to get in by being spiteful BITCHY
Man briefly joining river, one flowing through Mali NIGER
One who's finished Hamlet set to engage with Lear LAERTES
Person taking course in college at Erith EATER
Posh-sounding city medic's most prized possession EWELAMB
Put up hospital department volunteers in Ireland ENTERTAIN
Revolting person once nice, not loathsome initially PEASANT
Snake one absent-minded Italian lost in plant ASPIDISTRA
Sound writer of heroic verse affected by Prohibition? BARRED
Source of electricity associated with the Spanish? MAIN
Subject to a foreign Communist uprising UNDER
Terribly rude old lady at head of this state GRANDEUR
Wacky, like bobby transferred to desk job OFFBEAT
Where nothing seeps into vessel by river? BOATHOUSE
Woman going over a man's first statistical chart HISTOGRAM
Youngster born in Greek island reading up antelope STEENBOK