The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22460 - September 18, 2003

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Animal I caught in dreadful trap TAPIR
As hard to swallow as potatoes, originally? FARFETCHED
Author and director of his alarming fantasy, say WELLS
Author with regular book for horticultural class HARDYANNUAL
Composer of minuets revised half of them TUNESMITH
Conservative revolts creating a lot of emergencies CRISES
Current occupant of seat in a pickle IMP
Detective set-up that catches people offending quickly RADARTRAP
Doctor was there with daughter for turning point WATERSHED
Exceed rate of expenditure OUTGO
Flower new assistant pulled up - just like that! DIANTHUS
Gardener's son pruned tree ABEL
Good in blue, having excellent taste SAPID
Guy was actively involved in this tea garden section GUNPOWDERPLOT
Labour fanatic WORKAHOLIC
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Magnet school's head has style - on dole, unfortunately LODESTONE
Nobody else could have written it AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Not dealing with a stated choice tribe put in AVOIDANCE
Nut on TV, taking part of brutal king he admires TALKINGHEAD
Oil, perhaps, could be origin of thirst for war, OK? WORKOFART
Passed round thus to left, old port OSLO
Person looking round for pudding ROLYPOLY
Presidential residence, as represented in Spanish romantic movie CASABLANCA
Shoot down, say, casually DROP
Slow passage in old vessel on lake LARGO
Top hat LID
Tree for mast? BEECH
Use the Internet to maintain one's standing on board? SURF
With it, one gets admitted into one group of people INITIATION
Writer succeeded with translation to English SCRIBE