The Times - Cryptic - Crossword 12430 Originally published April 1 1970. Substitute puzzle for Qualifier 2 May 17 2017 - May 17, 2017

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"Slowly answered Arthur from the ____" (Tennyson) BARGE
A departure in song-writing GOODBYE
A dish for Adam SPARERIB
Among the gunners he gets the bird RHEA
Ark used by a forest hunter? WOODCRAFT
As a national emblem it has its points THISTLE
Assistance in the can-can? LEGUP
Brown grayling UMBER
Carmen will get some backing in this REVERSE
Children's stories FIBS
Disagreeable habit, so to speak WONT
Fruity order of dismissal MANGO
He takes care of the pitch TUNER
Ill-feeling disturbs ten men in repose RESENTMENT
In the direction of the hospital, perhaps TOWARDS
Is the accent on pluck? TWANG
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Like beauty, a dowry entraps the right man DORMANT
Member of a Savings Group? RESCUER
Member of the "Awkward Squad" aboard LANDLUBBER
Men of property as contributors RATEPAYERS
No 1 Platform? FIRSTSTAGE
No conveyance back, but something to eat BACON
Not necessarily ill-natured people INVALIDS
Paddy might find it correspondingly useful RICEPAPER
People might be a sight better for their attentions OCULISTS
Plenty have a hair-style that is on the ball ABUNDANCE
Pressure is put on it, naturally, for recording BAROMETER
Puzzling conventions of letter-sorters ANAGRAMS
Revolutionary movement in prison STIR
So far, so good, as the extremist might say LIMIT
They might be made against one's convictions APPEALS
Yes, cats go wild in rapture ECSTASY