The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 452 - March 8, 2003

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A cause of conflict for Julius Caesar CASUSBELLI
A measure of power given up by old capital OTTAWA
Across border, teams helped to build new town HEMELHEMPSTEAD
Agree on sudden attack STRIKE
Another disheartened competitor coming in ARRIVAL
Apostate Frenchman has moving urge RENEGUER
Back rescuer that's succeeded in ice where one's dropped - here? CREVASSE
Bird seen round pale wood is more dazzling FLASHIER
Blame screen for distorting likeness RESEMBLANCE
Book with hero who likes Mozart Requiem (7,2,3,3,4) SERVICEOFALLTHEDEAD
Call to mind first woman to come without approval EVOKE
Centre of storm once very nasty sight EYESORE
Clumsy as Nellie? ELEPHANTINE
Come too late and fail to make the 69? MISSTHEBUS
Daft cat getting cream dish TOMFOOL
Died - third character out of one Oxford college? Right DEXTER
Discouragement as lower classes hear Latin poet DETERRENCE
Do not admit going around western US city centre DOWNTOWN
Driver should display this red nose, as ordered ROADSENSE
Eric's joke is too subtle FINESPUN
Extremely rude girl sent to head for negligence REMISSNESS
Fear tall building in spite of everything AFTERALL
Feel hurt, upset to grasp our hero died, alas, in this one THEREMORSEFULDAY
Finished with accepting the awful king, do this? DETHRONE
Fish's superior to ale? Nonsense CODSWALLOP
Give order to free the 3 on next case: this one? (3,6,2,6,1) THESECRETOFANNEXEX
Group of pupils ragged master STREAM
Horizontal gear? NIGHTSHIRT
I'm currently very close to ending book (5,2,3,2,9) DEATHISNOWMYNEIGHBOUR
Inspector glum, seeing Oriel's head disappear? MORSE
Judge pub by one spirit JINNI
Labourer's disciplined approach, breaking up white rock WORKETHIC
Made certain to be covered, getting new top ENSURED
Marvel vital for circulation? MITRALVALVE
Mistaken one - or sure, maybe ERRONEOUS
Novel ride (3,3,7,3,5) THEWAYTHROUGHTHEWOODS
Novel view of the Indians concerning the Koh-i-noor? (3,5,4,3,4) THEJEWELTHATWASOURS
One wheedling sweetheart almost allowed into vehicle CAJOLER
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One who's wormed his way in with wild flirtation, right? INFILTRATOR
Perhaps even money at this is in dispute ODDS
Plans to put out a team after school SCHEMATA
Practised Queen involved in duty with Duke EXERCISED
Privately shared four meals, only one completed TETEATETE
Put the men off, being so late in ordering UMPTEENTH
Record that reproduced four-note scale TETRACHORD
Regular letters taken in ruinously trap girl - fine for being adulterous UNFAITHFUL
Reinforce polystyrene window frames RENEW
Relation who may have been killed by falling walls THEDEADOFJERICHO
Rescue from trouble in fight BAILOUT
Rich hit badly with incoming revolutionary red dictatorship THIRDREICH
Ritual garment fool rejected - hot in it EPHOD
Sergeant of some variable wisdom LEWIS
Shrubs many confused with rose ROMNEYAS
Smile, finding rook in trap GRIN
Soldiers suspended for getting into fight? PARATROOPS
Some sadistic houseman having rows two at a time DISTICHOUS
Soon get a refusal from the French ANON
Sounds heard again in City gardens ECHOES
Stagger to city restaurant, finally return to office REELECT
Stay to raid Oxford's first pop festival - book the first to arrive LASTBUSTOWOODSTOCK
Study deadly virus in heavenly body DENEBOLA
Style of temperature unit TONE
Super for a couple here but alien to you STRANGE
The first handle inspector has to try ENDEAVOUR
Then mostly in this paper's offices ATTHETIME
Time church seating is taken over to be cleaned SWEPT
Timelessly elegant in a shade of blue? Cunning SNEAKY
Toast offered during the first course? CROUTON
Trees exist in old south OLIVES
Twist enters with need but only half-portions are available ENTWINE
Wait hand and foot, say? PAUSE
Weed - a pocket of one among the Cotswolds SHEPHERDSPURSE
What one may peep through reported as certainly complete EYEHOLE
What's brown around length, being parsnip, perhaps? UMBELLIFER
You've just read two-thirds of the answer NINETY