The Times - Cryptic - Bank Holiday Jumbo 463 - May 5, 2003

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A right creep introduced to gag intelligence book MARTINCHUZZLEWIT
Against Guam, mile off the island ANTIGUA
Artist in cheap restaurant - one drying out? DRAINER
At least answer New Year Indian greeting ANYHOW
Beginning to amble about, spies a source of gum arabic ACACIA
Bluebottle in old tub COPPER
Calamity as girl takes spades to flower DISASTER
Cancel yearbook missing first of August ANNUL
Carefully manipulate cable COAX
Carton containing revolutionary book? On the contrary (1,4,2,3,6) ATALEOFTWOCITIES
College article is on millions worshipping many gods POLYTHEISM
Conan Doyle initially, for example, gets in plenty for breakfast BACONANDEGGS
Cultivate briefly, beset by weed and turning over flint EOLITH
Daughter eager to go to meadow to catch butterfly that's novel DAVIDCOPPERFIELD
Departs, called out of reception room RUNSALONG
Dickens' hero in cold house, kept by poor Nancy and Bill Sikes, no saint NICHOLASNICKLEBY
Elusive figure of bat is round the person's head WILLOTHEWISP
Failing to achieve, any number playing through class get cane, sadly NONPERFORMANCE
Fancy taking time out to do needlework CROCHET
Female comes over stiff and cold FRIGID
Gathering to study illness new in European Community and East CONFLUENCE
Good girl's ultimately coy and expressionless GLASSY
Hard nature of Tess, put out about old man needing a lift STEELINESS
Having minimum power, like some television links? WEAKEST
I wondered about some thermal insulation EIDERDOWN
Impetuosity evident in pancake landing ELAN
In Derby, say, reluctant to follow Conservative's flimsy material CHEESECLOTH
Intend to understand family secret CLANDESTINE
Is her round nude form not well-fed? UNDERNOURISHED
Key joints for a carpenter CHIPS
Knight being shown flag that's not of the usual type NONSTANDARD
Made a representative set, in actual fact DEPUTED
Manage to get article direct and avoid duty SWINGTHELEAD
Mission may be sent out to capture Hitler's bodyguard EMBASSY
Never ordered coach - it is here anyhow CHAOTIC
New complaint recurrent in natural environment is weakening ENFEEBLEMENT
Number derived from Latin in etymology NINETY
Old girl half chides another girl to do better than expected OVERACHIEVE
Clues Answers
Old tax, namely on books SCOT
One dropping into the theatre PARATROOPER
One grand in gold, I twice let out ornamental part of uniform AIGUILLETTE
One who saves in Spain for land in the Americas ELSALVADOR
One whose work ought to be fast DYER
Paid, unfortunately in making wider state of disrepair DILAPIDATION
Pension off from university - near peanuts dished out SUPERANNUATE
Persuaded to swindle man with diamonds CONVINCED
Plant from one end of bay? HORSETAIL
Pram from small port BABYCARRIAGE
Prince following Tearsheet to heart of The Boar's Head quarters? HALFDOLLAR
Princes upset about court surroundings PRECINCTS
Production after strike showing movement in the 1950s BEATGENERATION
Regularly sees life with deep hole, yen and sorrow inside? SELFPITY
Relatively new addition for some of the groom's family? SISTERINLAW
Representative art is lunatic - change it NATURALISTIC
Rhea, perhaps a name given to bird TITAN
Right rest-cure designed to revive RESURRECT
Senior government office offers honorary university position CHANCELLORSHIP
Shift dress in photo that's in singular condition SPINSTERHOOD
Sick room - one changed around with a fragrant plant ALLSPICE
Since pilot's up to exploit, British fly over BECAUSE
Slipped disc is ever a cause of harm DISSERVICE
Spring ecstasy finally comes to one conurbation ELASTICITY
Stoker's work makes one bloody hungry DRACULA
Stored data of Agricultural Research Council on place of rural industry ARCHIVE
Style of construction work seen in period article CYCLOPEAN
Such instruction away from bedside is not objective, seemingly NONCLINICAL
Ten - note character finally forming a ring ANNULAR
The craziest stood regularly for vocal piece TERZETTO
Thin knife needed to let out fluid and work over PONIARD
Throughout, school reported what Bunter had done OVEREATEN
Unbalance had destabilised Botswana before independence BECHUANALAND
Using data-transfer method, worked to deal with a county council in disorder RANDOMACCESS
What's variable with area of land that's not fine? YIELD
Where Wellington might overrule Palmerston and Napier? NEWZEALAND
Working on in abattoir, though pro-life ANTIABORTION
Young child hiding in old tall grass BAMBOO