The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 25562 - August 24, 2013

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Clues Answers
"Boy" band, here's a knuckle sandwich! TAKETHAT
"Wave the Sails" for an environmentalist's slogan, perhaps? SPOONERISM
A character-building game of suspense? HANGMAN
Almost dump resident in predicament, appearing malevolent HOSTILE
Bet a fiver, perhaps, with nothing to lose ANTE
Broken lance — is it to be fixed? INELASTIC
Chapter on Julius Caesar, perhaps, Shakespeare's ultimate story ROMANCE
Doctor Seuss, no American prophet MOSES
Eleven left — farewell PORTVALE
God overlooking the bowels of hell in jury PANEL
God slots back, limb and belly-button into Times cryptic TELEVANGELISM
Hallucinogenic trip through dance music genre BRITPOP
Hit me NUMBERONE
More optional, unreliable guesswork EXTRAPOLATION
One recumbent with superior wine, appearing haughty CAVALIER
Clues Answers
Pairing of relations sometime in the future MANANA
Pope not beginning to hold power in police force IMPETUS
Predator thus reversed — then the opposite? OSPREY
Recovery unlikely, you might say, taking ecstasy tablet PASTILLE
Run, jumping over nine hedges GOVERN
Skin breaks to produce silk, perhaps — for him? SPIDERMAN
Smoker inhaling smoke, finally, deeper than one part of the gut ILEUM
Staff however lively at first seeking mild analgesic MENTHOL
Still ship won't start — tug initially required INERT
Suggestion an alcoholic won't finish game TIPANDRUN
Sultan needing time to unwind, hurried in the end LASTMINUTE
Talk nonsense initially, as a model PATTERN
Target the rear BUTT
This is stiff, cold or hard CORSET
To? MANXCAT