The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 21633 - January 24, 2001

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A little drink of wine used to make a guy secure TENTPEG
Author who was nominally but not primarily Christian ANDERSEN
Authority imprisoning one with soldiers after trial EXPERIMENT
Be inquisitive about English reprobate he joined outside PERIPHERY
Country with serious German ruler LANDGRAVE
Difficulty I am cutting short throughout PASSIM
Egyptian servant returning garment for Indian SARI
Form of praise she found in old sect PHARISEES
Hard worker receiving new and appropriate allowance BENEFIT
He wasn't bound to complete his performance HOUDINI
Mostly very disturbed in mind? NERVOUS
Novel that is about leading fighters and hard love IVANHOE
Old soldier fired in anticipation HOPLITE
One didn't run anything after the initial course NONSTARTER
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One quarter are discriminatory, in a way SEXIST
One way to remember how circulation is maintained BYHEART
Orator's statistic that's not meant to be taken literally FIGUREOFSPEECH
Painter superior to Constable, it's said SARGENT
Person out of work on Scottish island RETIREE
Play the final moves ENDGAME
Playing technique in tennis match - excellent DOUBLESTOPPING
Powerful man's pronouncement to increase tension TIGHTEN
Somebody's going to hit it ROAD
Source of boom in freezing North BITTERN
Source of combs for dated hairstyle BEEHIVE
Utmost effort shown by joint winners? LEVELBEST
Where would-be killers are charged by their victims BULLRING
Works as salesman and so becomes broad-minded? TRAVELS