The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 385 - January 19, 2002

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Clues Answers
A number of determined solvers? (2,3,4,2,3) WECANWORKITOUT
Advantage holding free rein and bit BRIDOON
Alice has upset of a part of small intestine ILEAC
Amphibian is about, raising claw - freeze CAECILIAN
An extra Sun would give this number of first-magnitude stars? EIGHTDAYSAWEEK
Anaconda starts to twist meanly around native, one apparently rowing on pond WATERBOATMAN
Ancient language exactly represented tense in speech HITTITE
Ancient money that's picked up after valuer drops odd ones AUREI
Another group project getting only a short way STONESTHROW
Assume one is in paid employment POSIT
Boy and girl backing another girl for a song LADYMADONNA
Butlins voyeur goes around so as not to be noticed UNOBTRUSIVELY
Cactus suffering upon island making a comeback OPUNTIA
Carbon steel is cast in statue by end of renaissance AUSTENITE
Carrying too much churned up drove lane OVERLADDN
Christ's renunciation - giving up some powers is one kind? KENOSIS
College students giving attention over one answer ETONIANS
Dickensian character hiding in wood? VENEERING
Disband gang going after lower classes DEMOB
Do as choir, imbibing alcohol with tea before noon - church risk thats worth taking? SPORTINGCHANCE
Extremely knowledgeable, Tippett conducted odd instrument KETTLEDRUM
Film Chinese naval vessel YELLOWSUBMARINE
Fine earth central to making best fadeless Burgundy ochres? KIESELGUHR
Fruit you put back on bill for cover charge TABLEMONEY
Go to hold empty entrée dish TUREEN
Greek pronouncing style messing up half omicrons, half taus and one-third sigmas? IOTACISM
Group of British worry the French BEATLES
Gypsy who's often seen being possessive with cheque TRAVELLER
He's one to talk over father, being sure of inheritance HEIRAPPARENT
Hidden away, as lumpy flour may be? UNDERGROUND
Hit from Band Aid? HELP
Holder of bridge, perhaps, who organises shooting? GAMEKEEPER
Lyric adding nothing above musical notes LOVEMEDO
Make association bury dead under heartless rule INTERRELATE
Material to trap good and bad player GINGHAM
Mongol who conquered in a less wild way? TAMERLANE
Musical composition Ave atque vale? HELLOGOODBYE
Narrow band for arrows around top of my quiver TREMBLE
Clues Answers
No French soup? Waiter to take action NONSTARTER
Novel carbon area added to old instrument REBECCA
Offer to maintain resistance HOLDOUT
Old must have exercises and sensible working OPERATIONAL
Old state that's unknown for a form of agate ONYX
One exaggerating but putting out no other lies LINESHOOTER
One reported as playing trump less well? ROUGHER
One that's experienced what those at 37 wanted to do without husband? OLDHAND
One's whose novels are not hard to read PAPERBACKWRITER
Our tarot is dealt out, throwing down the Emperor? TRAITOROUS
Place whose MP made a few people cross? ROTTENBOROUGH
Pope's a job with central policy APOSTOLIC
Pressure comes up again over Oregon - harbinger of what is to follow PRECURSOR
Prince who's making his mark? ELECTOR
Protecting ancient city, Morse duly worked out how killer behaved MURDEROUSLY
Queen has outfit made by titled woman? ELEANORRIGBY
Returning traveller and sister need temporary shelter fixed PERSISTENT
Ruler always about Middle East? EMEER
Russian conspirator oddly discreet about Mikhail Bakunin, at first DECEMBRIST
Single, sat high and dry abandoned without answer AHARDDAYSNIGHT
Soothing girl embracing person, topless ANODYNE
Strange idea to include uplifting choral part in requiem AGNUSDEI
Stupid unit wait to end, when all find one missing NITWITTED
Style that would have architects beaming, perhaps? TRABEATION
Subtle distinction of article penned by sister on church NUANCE
Supply food to eat initially in railway carriage CATER
Taking courses in countryside picture-taking? PICNICKING
Those bringing out spirits, offering more than shorts? MEDIUMS
Title of novel may be cut badly CANTBUYMELOVE
Tons taken in by Roger's camp, outrageously colourful image SPECTROGRAM
Track the Isle of Wight ferry takes in sound? TICKETTORIDE
Tree from which a banknote may be made? TONKABEAN
Typical choir is in disarray, pretending to be better than is the case HYPOCRITICAL
What controls the horse in that respect THEREIN
What may be recorded over a Dee glen, perhaps GOLDENEAGLE
What may make Carl and Ben seem interrelated? RESEMBLANCE
What turns out to be title? LETITBE
With little money, but not quite so low as to be on one's uppers ONASHOESTRING