The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 453 - March 15, 2003

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A girl one turned out of the district REGIONAL
A place for pigeons up the mast ALOFT
A team of police starts to lambast youths in caustic manner ACIDLY
Allegiance a lieutenant shows, fated to die outside FEALTY
An entrancing method of inducing memory HYPNOTISM
Appearing like suckers, staff get basic seating SHOOTINGSTICK
Be involved with slum area suitable for evaluation MEASURABLE
Boy king is set over Rwandan people TUTSI
Calculating types might do this sort of work COMPUTATIONAL
Calm a stupid person with sound income ASSUAGE
Cap made by Miller and Cooper, by the sound of it GLENGARRY
Capital return used to be very sensitive WARSAW
Caught by southern fellow, an insect progressed no further STAGNATED
Cosy, but a lion performing in comedy SNUG
Council finally given honour for projection LOBE
Court-martialled some more, and had another shot RETRIED
Crazy way to communicate once after dance HAYWIRE
Criminal grabs a capital piece of finery CAPARISON
Cry of surprise about Jolson's singular footwear GALOSH
Custom Head unexpectedly observed, unlike most young shavers MOUSTACHED
Dancing girl noted for carrying the swag WALTZINGMATILDA
Discharge sailor found with crack ABSOLVE
Do they just play at being soldiers? MILITARYBANDS
Drummond so called, landing universal law expert in the mire? BULLDOG
Elizabeth the first's favourite church, in unusually sterile surroundings LEICESTER
Extract from English novel uncle devoured ENUCLEATE
Face someone drawing Big Ben, for example CLOCKTOWER
Fact-finding prompts resistance in her case, unfortunately RESEARCH
Flowers uncurl in a storm RANUNCULI
Former nurse facing basic reality talked of ageing process SENESCENCE
Get things moving, having lots of money when dance begins STARTTHEBALLROLLING
Gleefully and profitably head for dry land, having sold someone down the river? (5,3,3,3,2,3,4) LAUGHALLTHEWAYTOTHEBANK
Go down cutting in carriage SET
Graduate frames poem ultimately praising supplier of wine BODEGA
Hawthorn flowers not certain to come out? MAYBLOSSOM
Horse given unsuitable diet on board ship LIPIZZANER
Impassioned judge set up discharge FERVENT
In Jewish environment, some soldiers I found not entirely independent SEMIPARASITIC
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In which all the sides get to score? ICOSAHEDRON
Internal structure of curious new ode English poet's sent round ENDOSKELETON
Irritating new poems about alliance omitting first English contribution PLAGUESOME
Join up as member of band TUBA
Joins up, taking quarters overlooking field of combat ENLISTS
Kind barrister abandoned by son ILK
Leading articles about energy relating to old age ARCHAEAN
Light food small house offered to bigwig? COTTAGECHEESE
Lovingly protect at crèche any sick, suffering bird MOTHERCAREYSCHICKEN
Made charge to speak higher, given advance publicity BUILDUP
Mathematical concept with oddly lucid abbreviation LOWESTCOMMONDENOMINATOR
Moving very fast around church arranging music SCORCHING
New Year's honour, say, and a speech pre-announcing it? DECORATION
Not entirely characteristic air of an African capital CAIRO
Not like a hotel to be so disobliging? UNACCOMMODATING
Old coin initially lost by man in London borough HILLINGDON
Old South American from one state entering another INCA
One thus shot in the arm is equally tense ISOTONIC
Passage for translation not exercising pupils? UNSEEN
Piece of chicken sometimes used in a roll DRUMSTICK
Principal couple that may get spliced at sea MAINBRACE
Quack doctor in terrible crime is mixed-up type EMPIRIC
Quality of Ui's rise, and of all but temptation for Darlington RESISTIBILITY
Rambling, I endlessly cite a rural description of hives URTICARIAL
Respected European appeared, crossing end of street ESTEEMED
School where bloomers may be the order of the day? NURSERY
Self-control ancestor displayed, having abandoned cane FORBEARANCE
Shaven state one's in order to maintain TONSURE
Short tree-dweller requiring no end of juicy fruit ORANG
Sort of spirit that's swift and incisive? SURGICAL
Spirited attempts to bag king's pheasants, say GAMEBIRDS
Star possibly required to make cheesecake? HEAVENLYBODY
The ice-cream is mixed, and two portions are very much the same TUTTIFRUTTI
There's value in insouciance - high flyers need it AIRWORTHINESS
Traveller's upset about stratagem, one reads PERUSER
Untrustworthy influence queen had in all of France TREACHEROUS
Wine and dine in vehicle, rejecting fine eating-place CAFETERIA
Woman not believing in being without a doctor DIAGNOSTICIAN