The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22961 - April 27, 2005

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... my radar's out of order - it's up in the rigging YARDARM
A doctor wearing back to front oval shoe ESPADRILLE
A sailor, I will be accepted by Silas ... MARINER
Astronomer's security guard? NIGHTWATCHMAN
Ceremony requiring correct pronunciation RITE
Composite trouble had come back DAHLIA
Entrance charge, covering an hour, hasn't started ENTHRAL
Epic poem penned by, perhaps, Odysseus RHAPSODY
Frank drinks toast ROUND
Heterosexual stooge STRAIGHTMAN
Instigate prank, interrupting gym class PROMPT
Letter from abroad recently triggered an interest in stamps PHILATELY
Mother finds charge for clothing in vogue steep MARINATE
Nan lamented being rejected by state GRANDEUR
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Old hat is not acceptable OUT
One redcap assigned to one group of soldiers IMPI
Over time, fatso finally drops down 10 stone PERIDOT
Propriety largely required in scenery DECOR
See a sign giving clearance VINDICATION
Stop in time PERIOD
The world of academe and literature UNIVERSE
This can bring about stuttering and woe TONGUETWISTER
This protects beehive, for instance, out in the rain HAIRNET
This will mirror imp held up by cleric REFLECTOR
Torture used within country's borders GYP
Transposed by proxy? That's correct PROPER
Unreliable and less popular way to travel FLYBYNIGHT
With tricks on the pitch, men with guts mix it NUTMEGS