The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22213 - December 3, 2002

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A Cornishman is strange, old-fashioned chap ANACHRONISM
A duke abandons debauched attitude for respectful behaviour DECENCY
An additional problem of consumption SUM
Bill eventually perhaps becomes attached to popular relative INLAW
Board guide what spokesman does DIRECTORATE
Bribe succeeded when getting work SOP
Cold display unit for seafood STANDOFFISH
Community showing a decline over year ABBEY
Copper lived hard, though got backing WASHTUB
Eccentric men seen in singular dance SCREWBALL
Humect air circulating, causing such aches? RHEUMATIC
Meeting of the Scottish ministry MOD
One cuts dull writer, as Observer did HACKSAW
Parched, accepting cold bitter ACRID
Post hole SITUATION
Pretended to convert to Christianity? MAKEBELIEVE
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Pretext for initially taking worn bandage BLINDFOLD
Restricted a legendary creature in glass bottle PAROCHIAL
Rice's safe served up for stew FRICASSEE
Storm violently disrupted a party TORNADO
Supplements highly irritate mother, front and back being missing ADDENDA
Topical item: opera house suffers cut-back THEME
Type of complex dictionary I prize, for the most part OEDIPAL
Using switch, get musical sounding quiet HAIRPIECE
Visibly astonished pontiff with unknown Eastern daughter POPEYED
Watch a person's face CLOCK
What leads in lens and surgical eye repairs LASER
What may be carved on either side of trunk IVORY
What one need not go to great lengths to bake? SHORTCAKE
What's lacking when old Penny's left with maiden name NEE
Where one regularly unloads junk porcelain? CHINA
Wonder as vehicle gets back into distance event MIRACLE