The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 457 - April 12, 2003

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A discount arranged for keeper CUSTODIAN
Airport zones: no area for refugees? RUNWAYS
Americans will have nothing for a long time YONKS
Announced one had failed GAVEOUT
Appearing in another case, an it girl? COMPUTERSCIENTIST
Arrives, about to criticise industry's foremost businesses COMPANIES
Avoids uplifting favourites among groups of players SIDESTEPS
Badly-organised scholar's first awful lecture received by a lot of tomatoes? STRUCTURELESS
Blurs data that is a mess, needing to be this? TABULARISED
Bound to seal shortened part of door-frame that's cracking SPLINTERING
Colour mostly excellent - style initially poor, especially for Monet MAUVAIS
Completely excessive, involving chaps in growing area ALLOTMENT
Curses executive's fees EXECRATES
Describing certain oils providing insurance for imminent sacrifice? EXTRAVIRGIN
Dished up curries - mm! even tastier SCRUMMIER
Drink various products - they reach assorted points below the throat NECKLINES
Extremist caught in deceitful trap ULTRA
Faint opening of work penned by Anon SWOON
Feels upset about dictator's starting to limit independence? SELFDETERMINATION
Final drink not for rail traveller? ONEFORTHEROAD
Girl to express sorrow but not about article GRETA
Hardened collar set askew SCLEROTAL
Having a view that's positively personal? No doubt SELFCONFIDENT
He gets involved with sarcastic misuse of a word CATACHRESIS
He's hired to report on a set of books CHARTEREDACCOUNTANT
Hero marries a man in this play - exaggerated fuss MUCHADOABOUTNOTHING
I speed up? I put in 100 mph with friend as always TRADITIONALLY
In boat, finding Atlantis anew? That's not real INSUBSTANTIAL
In religion, suggestion by saint is in order SHINTOISM
In well-worked rime, song of death? True THEDREAMOFGERONTIUS
Individual way of penning this sentence? SOLITARYCONFINEMENT
Is part of Easter story fixed in period, taking the unbiased view? DISPASSIONATE
Is uncertain, but edits a translation DUBITATES
Is wine given to blokes involved in extremely daft diversion? DISPORTMENT
Keep talking endlessly with girl about marriage SPOUSAL
More significant line taken by working academic in LSE's area? GREATERLONDON
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More than one team slips down, but not first in league SIDES
New error made in the garden? ORIGINALSIN
Nothing in new train lines is to do with filling gaps INSERTIONAL
Oddly meaning also ninetieth NONAGESIMAL
One chap among the others is holding out RESISTANT
One offering straight delivery with no spin? TRUTHTELLER
One' s state, after swallowing foaming bier? INEBRIATION
Opera-singer's performance I left before the end GIGLI
Overlie curiously, appearing proud of the surface RELIEVO
Part of roof is off (top removed) EAVES
Piece of verse has new material LINEN
Planning coordinators for the Home Department? INTERIORDESIGNERS
Positive pet has personality, almost in abundance CATEGORIC
Recording is tempting - it includes enormous revelations DISCLOSURES
Rowdy party with name after name coming into view STAGNIGHT
Silly boy without money for fare? SIMPLESIMON
Simple building the sun is cooking after noon NISSENHUT
Son almost sacrificed one article in bag ISAAC
Son lacking spirits needs jar in the Golden Hind, perhaps SAILINGVESSEL
Southern islands of France I associated with a different part of Europe SILESIA
Sportsman perhaps that Sherlock Holmes wore out DEERSTALKER
Starts to run up, right and left, covering the country RURAL
Study covering how states are placed in international affairs GEOPOLITICS
Study of symptoms: I'd upset sceptics DIAGNOSTICS
Sturgeon in huge group seen on European river OSSETER
Sunrise affected by storm? Takes out cover INSURES
The intelligence to make automatic progress? ROADSENSE
To limit river, divert small stream TRICKLE
To revel is to be enthralled by corruption ROIST
To start suggests an element of guts ENTERON
Trusty comrade in the main turned round to talk ACHATES
Vote in initially reluctant officer, unable to move one repulsive measure ELECTROSTATICUNIT
Woman doctor upset about her record, ultimately, in pastoral care SHEPHERDING
Worker's appeal to secure the following type of security device ANTITHEFT
Workshy type, not very sporting figure SKIER
Writer of verse: a doctor is pictured in it IAMBIST