The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 672 - December 9, 2006

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A couple understand cover, so to speak, is ineffective TONOAVAIL
A king of the North living in forest ARBOREAL
Act I set in Italian city TURIN
Assign time to get out of college SENDDOWN
Author pronounced Indian food good as side-dish RAITA
Begin discussing how to get dogs off STARTAHARE
Building on farm, start using next post BYRETURN
Cannot try hero going wrong? Just the opposite! ONTHECONTRARY
Carpenter, for one, giving flier with large bill OYSTERCATCHER
Caustic art, right, I composed? CARICATURIST
Competing, leaving rest behind? TAKINGPART
Composed new duet with desired pitch TUNED
E.g. bishop's power that is cut by church PIECE
Everything OK, now? Tense PRESENTPERFECT
Fed up with exploitation, lessening tension DEFUSING
Finger extremists? LUNATICFRINGE
First course for which bovine head is used as substitute MOCKTURTLESOUP
Food from Mexico and Chile, as ordered ENCHILADAS
Found mean old girl inside AVERAGED
General meaning force to open up, led by Duke DRIFT
Given Order of Merit as female Olympian ARTEMIS
Good-living Irishman's pronouncement in sardonic fashion WRYLY
Having mundane perspective, like bourgeoisie GEOCENTRIC
High-flier's black dog JETSETTER
Hotel's announcement clearly identifies this character AITCH
House fitting very badly with area VILLA
How to pass three hours between nine and five ANTICLOCKWISE
Increase effect of old wine - one that's head-splitting POTENTIATE
Inventor turned up when match is over EDISON
Job description provided with dismissed person coming for treatment OUTPATIENT
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Joker in lowest form PUNSTER
Lamb, for example in casseroles, say, I stewed ESSAYIST
Land collapsing into sea ESTONIA
Munch cold meat quietly CHAMP
Musician's very incomplete attack ASSAI
Nomadic leader at health unit given special treatment ATTILATHEHUN
Obscure Eastern flavouring going West, crossing line ECLIPSE
Piece from crafter, though tasteful, is not an original idea AFTERTHOUGHT
Praised about indifferent grade, I turned sour ACIDULATED
Producer of art with models, possibly OLDMASTER
Reading supporter LECTERN
Ready with axe, removing one hard nut-tree CASHEW
Reduce span of card game CONTRACTBRIDGE
Regard for one's image that's not in good faith IDOLATRY
Region south of California briefly its equal CENTRALAMERICA
Release from peacekeepers' toil UNSTRAP
roducing positive effect with box camera TELEGENIC
Saint in love with wealth gets exotic birds OSTRICHES
Scaled up MOUNTED
Selective consumer, for example, in leading position VEGAN
So-called code genius? LEONARDO
Solve problems given time, foreign money, and new growth TROUBLESHOOT
Special tea served in my good china MATEY
Sun's middle page taken out and revised UPDATED
Train body, perhaps - that's what trainer has to do? COACHWORK
Try to persuade old king to accept a judge CAJOLE
Try violent criminal pinching king's floor-covering HEARTHRUG
What, we hear, may be binding agreement ACCORD
Wind instrument ANEMOMETER
Works parties FUNCTIONS