The Times - Cryptic - Sunday Times Cryptic 3937 - November 4, 2001

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A base with an oil-refining place ABADAN
A number leave no doubt about blame CENSURE
A pushy individual in the Midlands ASHOVER
A real downpour may impair the vision CATARACT
A trick to hold the ring and so cause excitement AROUSE
A word of advice about the right excursion TRIP
Against toting a woman's gun CANNON
Capital cover for a poet! HOOD
Cattle drives STEERS
Changed course, and could well be beaten SWITCHED
Clubs on the border tend to get together CONVERGE
Cold, over-tired - in a sorry state indeed CONTRITE
Encourage the serving of the currently popular drink INSPIRIT
Enlarge accommodation for top brass GENERAL
Hammered when a couple of thousand in the red RAMMED
Hostility is total in a recession ANIMUS
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Irritates the school head, and that's quite uncalled for NEEDLESS
Males score in intellect! MENTALLY
Manage people's presentation DONATION
Muse about regal animal losing tail CLIO
Reformed rotter's comeback RETORT
Repairing a road in quiet times is an absurdity PARADOX
Retiring military men did what military men do RESERVED
Roofing of the church specified THATCH
Some malefactor - a scallywag - a scoundrel RASCAL
Sound procedure needing refinement COARSE
The eccentric hands out quite a lot THOUSAND
The ruination of parties a hanger-on can be PARASITE
The staff of an American writer about fifty POLE
The weight-watcher must be put off grabbing one DIETER
They circulate - so they say UTTERERS
Tips, though no tip's necessary POINTS