The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22957 - April 22, 2005

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Astronomer captivated by Pluto or thereabouts OORT
Beater's hit man he laid out with a single blow? INTHESAMEBREATH
Bit of taleggio on loaf (nothing French) gives some sustenance NUTRIENT
Broadcast to air after rage explodes, a factor in transmission GEARRATIO
Cancel Messiah's run following introduction of Superstar's layered rock SCHIST
Counter insensitive queen more than once NUMBERER
Couples facing tout's new deal after being insensitive to pitch TONEDEAF
Creator and holy state — neither has top quality in comparisons? ODIOUSNESS
Decline to prosecute over in station EUSTON
Dope employed by Foreign Office? INFO
Exurb I'd designed around grand Hillingdon town UXBRIDGE
Fighter doesn't start some fencing OXER
From the East End, the fellow would've gone west to escape EVADE
German city that's not entirely attractive to Scots BONN
Gull and sheep mostly found on ridge SEAMEW
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Help to dispatch first half of letters? ABET
If not overcast, going topless? UNLESS
In France, who (where?) enters haunt, endlessly cringing? OBSEQUIOUS
Is she got up to confound head and heart? SIREN
It's good getting out of panto costume and into grown-up playwright DRAMATURGE
It's said pub not clearly established will use enticements INVEIGLE
Metal unit storm wrecked STRONTIUM
Mounting ambition almost used up what comes out of kitty MIAOU
New York locale for vagrant, one stooping among other people? THEBOWERY
Office phone, perhaps not the first to provoke stress EXTENSION
One primarily involved in some stupidity? IDIOT
Pilot giving answer by way of ingenious techniques on radio? AVIATRIX
She lost her head, shaking irate man, old one caught short MARIEANTOINETTE
Travel to opening of youth theatre's play space WENDYHOUSE
Type of rocket fuse WELD