The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 618 - December 31, 2005

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Clues Answers
A tidier-sounding girl ANITA
Acted like editors protecting sources of most exclusive news EMENDED
Area of space where English were held in Fort William? BLACKHOLEOFCALCUTTA
Bad novel about retired priest - twelve for example ADVERB
Baronet gets run in, meeting controversy over floating plant BLADDERWORT
Beryl, a type employed by the press EMERALD
Bluff executioner - it keeps everyone in suspense CLIFFHANGER
Break journey with good person leaving to secure work STOPOFF
Central Americans criticise a craze associated with Poles PANAMANIANS
Champion taking drink with songwriter SUPPORTER
Circus exhibiting group of seals in swinging city? HIPPODROME
Cocktail that may make a fixer tight? SCREWDRIVER
Dawn gets a French title over in south-east SUNRISE
Decorate Head of Nursing in Morecambe hospital? ENRICH
Demand new test in case English is required NECESSITATE
Distinction secured by set in Scripture and English REPUTE
Drink everyone's taken when consuming salmon ALCOHOL
Engage man to oversee daughter's retail stall BOOKSTAND
Every one caught in warplane is a scavenger BEACHCOMBER
Evidence of rotten heart of America? CRIME
Extremely sad? Earth-shattering! HEARTBREAKING
Ferocious woman taking more than half the cheese GORGON
Food coating attractive hospital department ditched ICING
Function briefly demanded healthy food COS
Girl put on leather in East End compound DIOXIDE
Guerrilla leader holding eastern port for so long CHEERIO
Guns soldiers used, belonging to a fisherman, it's said REPEATERS
Heedless few head off after camping, do we hear? INATTENTIVE
In Wolves colour, top winger GOLDCREST
Job Dickens created for a horse? TROTTER
Clues Answers
Joke with Arab, perhaps? It bears fruit HORSECHESTNUT
Killer concealed by worker in plant BEEORCHID
Language upset spies supporting a strike ARAMAIC
Loan a small number swallowed up in a fling? ADVANCE
Machine activator that's revolutionary in the current situation WATERWHEEL
Nobleman given award for making part of organ EARLOBE
Noted performers getting 27 rather excited ORCHESTRA
Novice transformed into a penetrating researcher PROBATIONER
Old price of drink excelling all others HALFSOVEREIGN
One who's given unusually nice trip, swallowing illegal drug RECIPIENT
One who's very quick to supply illegal drug? SPEEDMERCHANT
Pair make a fuss about love for father PROCREATE
Part of plant 50 developed with commercial input RADICLE
Part of ship seamen climb up to adorn SUNDECK
Person getting on defensive at first in case to divorce husband OLDSTER
Polo neck introduced originally by this Italian physicist MARCONI
Prevent detail initially being excluded from publicity AVERT
See idiot on heroin going around in scanty garment LOINCLOTH
Solution Roy mishandled in a scandalous way NOTORIOUSLY
Some wore trousers imitating past fashion RETRO
Standard a Manchester team reportedly follows for pest control PARASITICIDE
Study that may cover a whole range of subjects OROGRAPHY
Surviving custom an old widow mostly observed RELIC
Tempting to arrest last of pack lying in wait LURKING
The whole idea of an electrical contact POINT
Ultimate device to divide the court NET
Unfamiliar language left Jones the architect disheartened LINGO
Water expert keeping awfully dry old record in his time HYDROLOGIST
Where the party tea got wet in a New England dump BOSTONMASSACHUSETTS
Writing rhymes, Keats finally abandoned checking for truth VERIFICATION