The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 498 - December 20, 2003

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A doctor was elevated as Bishop of Milan once AMBROSE
A person invested in books for musical composition NONET
A release, getting down after heroin HORSEFEATHERS
Abraham's child prepares his meal ISHMAEL
African tribe opposed to holding up human remains ASHANTI
Ain't changes of weather bringing in cold disappointing after a high? ANTICLIMACTIC
An Irishman is Indo-European ARYAN
Anchor from front of ketch put over side KEDGE
Apparent social occasion I had entered EVIDENT
Average result from doing multiplications? GEOMETRICMEAN
Awkward situation is complete when wicket's lost HOLE
Beria's cruel during revolution? That cannot be challenged IRRECUSABLE
Billy, could one say, lying face-down topless? ROSTRATE
Blair, perhaps giving rise to Conservative anger ERIC
Blower and not the flower NORTHEASTER
Cereal grass showing a lot of promise OAT
Chamber group beset by mostly shameful and hostile criticism VITRIOL
Chips combined with round steak, to begin with INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS
Confirmation of New King's Road as TV series location CORONATIONSTREET
Dear photographic developer for film DUCKSOUP
Device for holding and putting name in clothes TONGS
Draw out professional leaflet PROTRACT
Extremely remarkable person gets nought right, fomenting alert eventually SOONERORLATER
Fan clubs who'll get regularly taken to a beloved address ACUSHLA
Feline self-esteem has two states, that's very clear CATEGORICAL
Film location for Eros ATTHECIRCUS
Film nearly put in a can with Bogart one (1,5,2,10) ANIGHTINCASABLANCA
Film receiving gold among best eight around THEBIGSTORE
Film sensual and attractive people ANIMALCRACKERS
Film Swedes, Thuringians, Frisians and Alsatians show several times? (1,3,2,3,5) ADAYATTHERACES
Fish's skin opening shows red seaweed part TETRASPORE
Five hundred pound company which may be amusingly projected MONKEYBUSINESS
Funeral ode - impressive, timeless monotony EPICEDIUM
Giving up Bonn mandate in the wars ABANDONMENT
Good girl joining boat - maybe she works away at the decanter GLASSCUTTER
Greek contest to remove fluid from bottle AGON
Have income to splash about ;-) EMOTICON
He returned in a new position beneath that one THEREUNDER
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In strep, one may see a bacterium TREPONEMA
Instrument got from old vehicle, in right-hand end of fascia OCARINA
Iris and more portrayed in Art Nouveau UVEA
Legal body, and part of Cambridge college belonging to it? COURTOFAPPEAL
Lieutenant wearing nothing other than shield SHELTER
Light fabric turned up in feature CHIFFON
Mammal of European coast, regularly exterminated POLECAT
Met for some hours after dusk to see a film (1,5,2,3,5) ANIGHTATTHEOPERA
Mirror offering us bits to read of this absorbing book? BLOTTER
Mountainous country that's also superfluous in Scotland ANDORRA
New prisoner with criminal record held in rioting is not a dissenter NONCONFORMIST
Old triforia reconstructed, having stronger premises AFORTIORI
Only for men in Parisian station, a place to break journey STAGINGAREA
Peony's charm may be derived from such plant tissue PROSENCHYMA
Pudding, mostly tasteless - no good sprinkling mace across it BLANCMANGE
Pull out of match - cancel score SCRATCH
Rapidly moving, or rather overturning, chess piece YANKING
Scientist involved with Discovery? RESEARCHER
Shy on ice here, otter-hound regularly missed something moving by fields SYNCHROTRON
Silly person succeeded by a son ASS
Source of pleasure going across to mattress FUTON
Space sickness? AGORAPHOBIA
State established on island area ESTONIA
Stole over track for varsity match BOATRACE
Stop movement in aircraft - it could be a deal smoother BLOCKPLANE
Swimmer hit viewers - almost a total nut SOCKEYESALMON
Synthetic element's mass Albert and I needed university to pin down EINSTEINIUM
Tendency to do something weak finally can upset king KNACK
Theologians prepared collect verses ANTHOLOGISE
Unfortunately, no great apes are welcome individuals PERSONAEGRATAE
Unwelcomely prominent virus to be removed OBTRUSIVE
Upset applecart? Darn, that's an essential item PARTANDPARCEL
Very distressed ram found by copper CUTUP
Very keen to pick up an accidental sound RAZORSHARP
Volunteers raced to Italian city raided in 1940 TARANTO
What may be extra virgin girl's dishonour? Not at first OLIVEOIL
Where one puts one's foot to put welly on ACCELERATOR
Young fish always found around lake ELVER