The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27908

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A niqab is said to be useful AVAIL
Against coins not using English metal? Sort of ANTIMONY
Author prepared to admit claim to be of high standard? william golding
Bird made of silver unwanted at first in auction SEAGULL
Carry out a couple of poles to plant in piece of land TRANSACT
Cold store for wine with a hidden compartment CABIN
Complain pathetically about idiot revelry WASSAIL
Employer turned up yours truly’s CV RESUME
Engine’s temperature fell all round MOTOR
Fabric cut: it is seen in a soft glow TWILIT
Ground where reptile doesn’t keep quiet TERRAIN
Hotels cover the earth profusely in numbers
In American city, possesses capital LHASA
Isn’t an awfully short time? It is INSTANT
Maid watchful when old bachelor goes missing SERVANT
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Mercenary ruing he’d fired hired gun
One line crossed by old farmers, tough old birds BOILERS
One on a dash, nothing to prevent covering over a mile ODOMETER
Part of body shape swollen by organ FOREARM
People following rich individual coming in today, moving fast day of atonement
Prosperity supplies a barrier to restrict disease AFFLUENCE
Publicise, year upon year, entertainment of a delicate nature airy-fairy
Ring America after the peak TORUS
Risk a car crash, when two metals collide? cut in
Say, a call in court is rejected by union instruction TUTELAGE
Solid surface, one on a nut MACADAMIA
Sport’s over: fits horribly and dies snuffs it
Stomach feeble returning musical phrase MIDRIFF
Team of lawyers in literary county BARSET
Tours regularly around Naples, originally coming from Florence? TUSCAN