The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22843 - December 9, 2004

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Be mean as old bag, concealing millions SCRIMP
Beggar easily influenced by drink SUPPLIANT
Book named awfully likely victim MARKEDMAN
City around lake needs sound boat CALCUTTA
Contribute money, as Greeks did to Troy? INVEST
Decline of Eton agreed in going mixed DEGENERATION
Discharged a ball, keeping in front of cannon ARCED
Emperor is closing university after capital outflow TIBERIUS
Film farewell speech to carpenter? GOODBYEMRCHIPS
Fought being abandoned in a heap? SCRAPPED
Given lowest place in navy, princess flipped NADIR
Glaswegian, say, shortly to employ another city's dialect SCOUSE
Group of sisters pleased I cooked PLEIADES
Gull is to change course of hearing TERN
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Holding equipment I left, sat up at work surface DESKTOP
In a small stream, nothing's holding wild creature ARMADILLO
In pain, old man's no good PANG
Love to cross old area of land in leather OXHIDE
Opera lovers' wild party, with Elizabeth on piano PORGYANDBESS
Rate son unfeeling SCOLD
Squint over consecutive letters in window CASEMENT
Strange: Times leader said to be lacking authority RUMOURED
Turn up wearing green INVERT
Vow formerly broken by monkish historian, I held OBEDIENCE
What protects against infection? One's not affected by the answer IMMUNERESPONSE
Wide river is argument against journey CONGO
Work out the form FIGURE
Working outside is not exciting TEDIOUS