The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25997 - January 16, 2015

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A place for variety, often involving upright lives and everything MUSICHALL
Asian anger slightly turned around since The King and I? KASHMIRI
Bridge article on odds SPAN
Grand passage provides proof GALLEY
Habit of word use in commercials? ADDICTION
Larceny's right for a banking standard STERLING
Large degree of noise obscuring December's false report LIBEL
Met base people generally on a thoroughfare THEYARD
Mischievous imp sure can help out scrapping sons LEPRECHAUN
My job is a balancing act, making progress while strung out TIGHTROPEWALKER
One's discounted starchy tubers and starchy grass SALEPRICE
Perhaps more disturbing volume excluded from upcoming exam preparation NOISIER
Piece lifted to obtain valuable fragment NUGGET
Police officer and corporal entering school PCPLOD
Prison's no answer with time in dump JILT
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Resignation speech written in red without intro being all over the place UBIQUITY
Root canal finally stops teeming RIFLE
Ruined actor, openly gay after universal pressure UPTHESPOUT
Ruler discovered in wings of chintz armchair CZAR
Socialist author, otherwise sensible ORWELL
Something other than TV corporation flipping microphone switch? MUTEBUTTON
Spiritless state, maybe, gets heat taken off with unknown brand of cognac HENNESSY
Spurning Congress customarily when former partner stands for American ASEXUAL
Strands (carried across by shuttle) with effect from start of Thursday WEFT
Thrill excited fiery Celt ELECTRIFY
Trouble follows lewd cop film DIRTYHARRY
Vigour of macho types caught in flying formation, say VEHEMENCE
Warming Arctic may become so fierce, spoiling one of Earth's extremes ICEFREE
With determination, I get close to home INEARNEST