The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 488 - October 11, 2003

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A floor-covering containing little black is a pale thing ALBINO
Article reduced anger of those people THEIR
At end of leave, soldiers' orders may be reversed BACKTOFRONT
Bottle's nearly finished, one senses NERVEENDING
Burdens once on parish? Awful to reject one ORPHANS
Bury King in grounds of manor? It's a financial issue INTERESTRATE
Car designer is repeatedly fixing symbol round rear of auto ISSIGONIS
Cats press awkwardly around Scotsman PERSIANS
Chance to slip maybe in this skating manoeuvre OUTSIDEEDGE
Completely conceal new grid entry, writing in reverse DROWN
Contemptuous actors I found interrupting second bow SARCASTIC
Cracked vent blocked by metal pieces in surroundings ENVIRONMENT
Crackers or nuts at one endless midday meal outside LUNATIC
Crucial assessment dictates changes ACIDTEST
Encourage trophies that may adorn breakfast table EGGCUPS
English speaker's ordered to stop smirking? GRINGO
Equipment with onset of heat gets in a mess - and it's at 90° RIGHTANGLED
Expensive seats, gold box - then artist stops making progress ORCHESTRASTALLS
Explosive's origin recently worked out NITROGLYCERINE
Expression of pessimism, say, during Christmas NEGATIVITY
Family of French can emigrate finally, in secret CLANDESTINE
Fish Test but not furthest bit of Medway TROUT
Form of flatworm in some obscure diagram REDIA
German socialist after a short space begins to work effectively ENGELS
Girl in netlike fabric showing off gaps LACUNAE
Hesitancy at taking the lead in careful observation ATTENTIVENESS
I can see with this? That's nonsense! MYEYE
I'm upset and completely fed up about sherd finally wrongly assigned by archaeologist MISDATED
Ignoring ethnic origins, Carlo and Nina got involved with each other NONRACIAL
Joke about girl embraced by a couple of Romans in opera IPURITANI
Keep soldiers in control RETAIN
Leader taking a bow? VIOLINIST
Life with former spouse is strained, as son becomes cold EXISTENCE
Like some blonde hair cutting to show a satisfying proportion GOLDENSECTION
Mass of weed sees second fool stuck in ship SARGASSO
No citrus fruits? Dropping in for another plant NOLIMETANGERE
Novel? A red dandelion's novel DANIELDERONDA
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Now let's consider the Old Testament's part in development of the individual ONTOGENESIS
Number forty-seven, but symbolically a twenty-fifth SILVER
Old pair beginning to tinker with cart TWAIN
Opening music: heavy metal's fashionable LEADIN
Ordinary hybrid no good - bringing in one zebra PEDESTRIANCROSSING
Paramedic needs a doctor, you say, to cut open chap AMBULANCEMAN
Passed on some trade, additionally DEAD
Performer good on wooden stage and carpet, possibly TAPDANCER
Presumably an English equivalent to the Tower of Pisa? LISTEDBUILDING
Questioning from harassed negotiator in second of transactions INTERROGATION
Radio song broadcast in imposing style GRANDIOSO
School holidays starting early? That's not far-sighted SHORTTERM
Scottish house: riven by conflict, may it stand STEWART
Seized prisoner, doomed, is about to be put inside CONFISCATED
Sentence penned by dissolute Lord, a person of experience OLDTIMER
Services still supplied with hymns? EVENSONGS
Snooper failed to fill in names: he's not important NONPERSON
Soil: digger initially runs into it DIRT
Some knights had eaten a poisonous plant NIGHTSHADE
Someone eating tart half-heartedly BITER
Soviet representative acting as cover for less visible figures? RUSSIANDOLL
Still important when arranged in ascending order of height? LASTBUTNOTLEAST
Supporter's filled with a calm ALLAY
Term for those covering the entire National Curriculum? COMPREHENSIVESCHOOLS
Terrible rage: I ruin antique violin GUARNIERI
Their work is produced stage by stage DRAMATISTS
They aren't believed to get many happy returns annually INLANDREVENUE
They permit evictions CLEARANCES
Thoroughly sift gravel? LEAVENOSTONEUNTURNED
Time to bring up admitting reliable officer TREASURER
Tooth cleanser provided with cereal after evidence of pitting? DENTIFRICE
Touched down, carrying soldiers' food ALIMENT
Unpleasant behaviour when points are claimed by bridge partners NASTINESS
What involves opening of court, man and net - this? TENNISMATCH
Writing system not from the Orient, we hear NOTATION
Yellow feline, but without the heart of a lion? SCAREDYCAT
You should see the alternative to this sport, and that's flat! NATIONALHUNTRACING