The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 416 - July 27, 2002

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A bad sort of speaker - he rambles quietly possibly BLASPHEMER
A father always goes to jail when the Dominion celebrates CANADADAY
A low mark in maths? It was higher years ago DECIMALPOINT
Agreement put in writing? CORRESPONDENCE
An activity not entirely innocent, courting? PURSUIT
Badge, one sported by latter-day Post Office, no trick but trendy INSIGNIA
Beastly sound from good little creature GRUNT
Bird and man off in different directions DIVERGENT
Bird made an explosive sound releasing egg into heather LAPWING
Book of the year NINETEENEIGHTYFOUR
Candidate in brochure putting us off PROSPECT
Child, say, being protected by head covering - it's offering a benefit TOTHEGOOD
Conference director ordered material to be brought into the building REINFORCEDCONCRETE
Deceptive and hostile American with yen to go after gold ILLUSORY
Despicable person eats eastern food? On the contrary - a gourmet EPICURE
Despot half destroyed Sikh site TSAR
Dire canon bungled a religious service maybe ORDINANCE
Dish with cabbage - argue endlessly, made to tuck in CASSEROLE
Drink in minister's office running short - ambassador at first gets none CURACAO
Engineers seen retreating wander idly to shelter - deserters RENEGADES
English in Bard is not 'low', I fancy, on account of this? BOWDLERISATION
Establishment of democratic power that comes with X? NUMBERTEN
Excellence marks the style of this representative AMBASSADOR
Flighty type who'll never hang around for long BIRDOFPASSAGE
For example, groups dancing, as a means of making money professionally ASSETSTRIPPING
Forces the highways to take second place to alternative network RAILROADS
Form of protection offered by second thing woman carries, not first SANDBAG
Getting better drinks before start of celebrations in school, perhaps CONVALESCENT
Girl shows anxiety having swallowed litre CLARE
Girl's fluent in speech, being separate DISARTICULATE
Giving special mission to section of firm that is smart PRIESTING
God brings love - then commotion ensues ODIN
Greek character, somehow so polished, was like Plato maybe PHILOSOPHISED
Health scheme supplied nothing more than drug to be taken back and swallowed MEDICARE
Hopefulness doth go, sadly, here - before aid finally comes THESLOUGHOFDESPOND
I will be responsive initially with almost everyone - inside I may be intolerant ILLIBERAL
In a word, 'super-vile' possibly REPULSIVE
Like some background music floating round the bar - it's beastly PINNIPED
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Like something blue - 31 in America? RHAPSODIC
Little energy shown by the French - unconvincing in battle ELALAMEIN
Monkeys outdo us, covering 80% of the country CAPUCHINS
Natives in country wanting downpour, as in storms UKRAINIANS
Official announcements about students' exam work? RESCRIPTS
Old-fashioned word that may convey charisma ARCHAISM
One may get 12 down suppressed LETTERWEIGHT
One may get food pile finally into store GARDENER
One should offer a sitting-down, a certain ambience, and true cooking RESTAURATEUR
One studying is given school exercises - practice in reading and writing? PERUSER
Ordain a priest, coming to critical moment APPOINT
Painter using yellow inside little old cottage COROT
People who'd actually welcome being taken to court? SOCIALCLIMBERS
Place below needs decorator once the old man has moved out INTER
Place between Bury and Preston operating steam engines originally INTERPOSE
Plan revised targets before start of year STRATEGY
Port has cloudiness about it - served improperly at table? MISDEALT
Put on a surrealistically wooden performance that's not the best BEATABLE
Radioactive material - it's been used in victory, eliminating characters finally TRITIUM
Reason why the concept of duty has become absent in commerce? FREETRADE
Regulations English ignored, returning insult SLUR
Rod takes whip to weaselly creature POLECAT
Ruddy set of instructions not right - and not in English! RUBICUND
Ruler gets one overcome with horror - not a good man AGHA
Rushing headlong like Don Quixote? ATFULLTILT
Scored in short sharp bursts STACCATO
Showing commitment, like a successful bird outside its home? EARNESTLY
Silver ring on the bed AGROUND
Some quite miserable characters featured in list ITEMISE
Someone who's left it too late to benefit from eating gets unwelcome reminder SKELETONATTHEFEAST
Story from a bishop in Natal NARRATIVE
Support for those getting puffed? PIPERACK
What 18 down really was indeed! BYGEORGE
What may be found in geometry class - rulers? DIVIDERS
What's newly scanned into computer, including one film MOTIONPICTURE
Wire assisting with the collection of information PAPERCLIP
Woman in office decked out in dress and tie EDITRESS
Work for a while, then a long time, painting TEMPERA