The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23473 - December 15, 2006

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Authority on university application USAGE
Book about an object showing a sign of life BREATHING
City's campus established in 1101 by China MUNICIPAL
Clean up the reputation of a monster? DESPOT
Confusion of tin and gold-covered francs SNAFU
Dress game, binding with determination GETUPANDGO
Escape half-cut hack with almost total abstinence ESCHEWAL
Face that could help typesetter tally space? ENCOUNTER
German culture promoter responsible for a dish PETRI
Give lift to work by European to make this world fair EXPO
Half of endowments in need of adjustment to be fully paid off? OWNED
Harsh dry spell, starting late and finishing early ROUGH
I shoot up, not one to break an old habit TRADITION
In retreat lay a tale exposing two fronts BIFACIAL
Irishman deserts, seeing no ends to state intention to fight DECLAREWAR
Leader I abandoned, losing lead in succession CHIEFTAIN
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Light pieces caught by woman lifting weight aboard ship SCHERZOS
Man needing to stop backing into another RODNEY
Member's life partner? LIMB
No good cloak reverses at the front EVIL
Not entirely Victorian, we snuggle up without a stitch on UNSEWN
Ought I somehow to capture bridge partnership's trump? OUTWEIGH
Skins of eggplants, core in fruit and the rest QUIESCENCE
Statistics are purposeful CALCULATED
Stone lobbing implement - not Goliath's, originally SLING
The crazed email's alternating braces produce irritation ECZEMA
Tight finish CLOSE
Time edition reissued about unknown writer of noted works DONIZETTI
Timeless, subtle, shifting colours BLUES
University degree in medicine cleared for use in confinement CAMBRIDGE
Vice ring about to take break in the country SINGAPORE
What can make sharp bend so that foot rises? KNEE