The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22678 - May 31, 2004

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A European said to be so bitter? ACERB
Absurdly complex to find birds on barren land to west HEATHROBINSON
Ageing nurse once given Eastern perfume SENESCENT
Booty left on board in wet blanket SPOILSPORT
Compelled to retreat? Hard cheese! EDAM
Complain, whether there's good in it or not WHINGE
Condiment Arab possibly put on most of raw food HORSERADISH
Discharge soldiers after action? It's a racket BATTLEDORE
Eat greedily, being Edgar Allan's bird RAVEN
Fervently believed explosive material about creative works HEARTFELT
German king just about controlled Italian port OTRANTO
Judge famous poem about islands, hundreds of them FIJI
Movement in Swan Lake is almost finished PAS
Not bound to be lavish FREE
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Notoriously rejected work inside in overbearing way ARROGANTLY
One associated with daily events in the nursery? SOLOMONGRUNDY
One spells out world fair riots with difficulty EXPOSITOR
Oral test some'll put together for anniversary TRIENNIAL
Play Joplin number in new city dome TRAGICOMEDY
Quiet friend of Pooh dipping into mother's foodstuff MUSHROOM
Record son's snatched off fire INGLE
Result that disappoints regularly on field NIL
Satire of so-called Ancient Mariner to receive booster LAMPOON
Scene that's conveyed by Vaughan Williams, initially VIEW
Some tigers at zoo not genuine ERSATZ
Supplement old masters originally added to English course EPSOM
Way to stop lie, etc, wrongly conveyed by ESP TELEPATHIC
Word books in French not allowed in Berlin VERBOTEN