The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 22133 - August 31, 2002

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A wee bit of a dust-up, possibly cut short ATOM
About to pull inside, perhaps GUT
Act as tutor of poetry in Old English OVERSEE
Almost reject incentive SPUR
Be ruthless in career as a driver? STOPATNOTHING
Being popular, before setting up big-time, is essential INTEGRAL
But one could turn left at the corner of the square RIGHTANGLE
Closely follow mistakes made by crew, crossing river SLIPSTREAM
Cocktail perhaps served where polar expedition sets off? ICEBREAKER
Cut most of grass, including some that's chewed up REDUCE
Finally stars in this original, and great, production BIGBANG
Frequently sentimental when leaving, at first OFT
Interrupting humorist, possibly caps something indefinable WHATSIT
It could sharpen artistic technique and style, possibly OILSTONE
It's a nuisance hosting new relations, round for the cup PANNIKIN
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Likely to be offered a clutch that's easily obtainable UPFORGRABS
Long to bypass editor, one of the old school? PEDANT
Love to be sheltered by tree, climbing in beauty spot MOLE
Old tax-collector one's seen in the bar PUBLICAN
Peer, seeing the fat Owl wobbling in LAWLORD
Reported jams in flow of underground STYX
Set to acquire first of wisdom, and mature GROWUP
Show-off given top position - company about to be sunk PEACOCK
Sort of charisma shown, about to pass round liqueur MARASCHINO
Stopped getting stuck GROUNDTOAHALT
Supply article with flower specified for border LITHELY
Take turns on a casual basis STROLL
Type of clutch only recently produced NEWLAID
Vindicate using extremes, consumed by wrath? I might AVENGER
Work with an old hand? MANUSCRIPT