The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23244 - March 23, 2006

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A Catholic turning up among various saints as church officer SACRISTAN
Acceptable language from superior wise man USAGE
America wants first place to get an advantage PLUS
Anchor Jack finally put over side KEDGE
Attractive person who grabs a pupil? EYECATCHER
Broken heart absorbing negative reply in a second ANOTHER
Buttress for church needing restraint on top REINFORCE
Crazy Spooner's scattered rubbish MOONSTRUCK
Daughter in a quarrel getting nowhere? ADRIFT
Dramatic technique cut short in the golf club IRON
Flowering plant not in good shape in Spanish city GRANADILLA
Friend of Dr Johnson holds tome - Virgil, in translation OLIVERGOLDSMITH
Gay circle talking foolishly BLITHERING
Gee - Old Glory ill befits a British PM! LLOYDGEORGE
Group's entertaining number charged with emotion? SENT
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Husband's warlike temper initially lowering a bit MARITAL
Job of a bargeman in a less serious era LIGHTERAGE
Kingdom banishing a secret society TONG
Matches terribly dead when lacking ace among the players WEDDINGS
Novelist unhappy about Chopin's end? SAND
Old-fashioned poetry about this ruler EMIR
One may get squeezed at a musical gig CONCERTINA
One should sit close to the organ for audibility EARPIECE
Poet's basic assumption DONNE
Skating no longer a professional business? OFFICE
Sort of mist that's a worry in Dover? SEAFRET
Sound of stroke by man at wicket, funny-looking character DINGBAT
Those who know congestion can be bad supporting an end to traffic COGNOSCENTI
Twig decaying - no indication of wood growth WITHE