The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23214 - February 16, 2006

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After a time, disorder is contained by country's leader ... needing this? PATRIOTISM
Army leader's stall BOOTH
Art exhibit in local office enthralling everyone INSTALLATION
Climbing fan finds peak of Everest a strain TUNE
Cold water has splashed about country manor CASTLEHOWARD
College half-term about end of month TECH
Competent group of workers? That makes a change, so to speak SOUNDSHIFT
Current cost of speed? THEGOINGRATE
Estate producing regular supply of Armagnac - ah! RANCH
Flight formation adopted by various sea birds AVES
Flower right for planting in pots, once developed STONECROP
Former measure of ammunition, say, for weapon EXCALIBUR
Game in a state of collapse RUIN
Grabbed by prison officer, one's seeing stars CANISMAJOR
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Hard getting employment in struggling hamlet for old man METHUSELAH
Having got up, departed along with others ETAL
Items of clothing in luggage BAGS
Large house with fifty instruments: no room for English composer VILLALOBOS
Leaving scene of fight following nasty scrape SCARPERING
Main attraction, a hit mostly CLOU
Northerner selected for speech PICT
One blooming war plane heads group of nine (almost ten) MIGNONETTE
Religious pamphlet that covers a lot of ground? TRACT
Revolutionary leader hauled back American deserter MARAT
Secretly informed of payment gentleman's to announce TIPPEDOFF
Solitary little nipper? HERMITCRAB
They made way, as horses carried in holy cardinal COBBLESTONES
Wager Irish Republic will shelter no undesirable BETENOIRE