The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 661 - September 23, 2006

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Clues Answers
A base for mouse on a climbing plant? I'm no expert! AMATEUR
A chap seen under car could be one with garages for sale ESTATEAGENT
A parrot soared over everybody ROSELLA
A way to turn up wearing churchwarden's so-called trousers? DRAINPIPE
Angers people producing such pain? FRENCHBREAD
As Henry II or IV, say, retreating (described by a new name) ANGEVIN
Asteroid burning up EROS
Atmosphere created by girl losing head AURA
Child's set meal finished off with this sweet? SEEDCAKE
Chinese people in American state or part of Africa GHANA
Coach trade finally falling off in this month INSTRUCT
Connect IT devices from China, say, I'd ordered DAISYCHAIN
Country showing nineteen eighty two film about torture EGYPT
Cricket balls finding gap in stumps LEGBREAKS
Dynamo behind news schedule about to retire GENERATOR
Eg battery in car's turned faulty TRANSDUCER
Endlessly offensive ambassador's a specialist in this department ATTACHE
Era loosely associated with saint? Well, sort of ARTESIAN
Expressed surprise about answer advanced AHEAD
Finish off picture of plump little boy defending a goal PUTANENDTO
Fish from rowing boat DORY
Fools around on edge STRESSED
Footballer getting on after hair cut LOCKFORWARD
From here, martyrs' fate turning on evidence of rain TOLPUDDLE
Happy with proof you've not paid? That's debatable CONTENTIOUS
Having no reserves left after getting ripped off abroad BURNEDOUT
Hypochondriac's nature - valid in a deviant VALETUDINARIAN
In football club managed to make money abroad FRANC
It ate all our specially cooked vegetables in a dish RATATOUILLE
Jacket covered in pen, could cut off sleeves CAGOULE
Clues Answers
Journalist paid for volume, one describing the lives of the stars? SPACEWRITER
Large bed had to be specially made for play HEDDAGABLER
Likely, to all appearances, to arrange fête SETFAIR
Love to rush about then slow up in dance ROUNDELAY
Member of family cutting cloth NANKEEN
Member of fighting unit with regret has been shot GREENBERET
No sharper gem could be devised by such a writer PHRASEMONGER
Novel with second half reflecting about one island off Africa BIOKO
One following party pejoratively described as having left after drink CHAMPAGNESOCIALIST
One who hunted in bar for American statesman INDIANAN
Open-air restaurant where a bore's about to interrupt youth TEAGARDEN
Openings for those working with hammers, anvils and stirrups EARHOLES
Painter's hypocritical about bill being extortionate RAPACIOUS
Paper document, legal one, introducing right rent SUNDERED
Part of clue I'd agonised over for so long ADIEU
Plant making foreign article with haste and efficiently GERMANDERSPEEDWELL
Producer of grapes popular with most touring VINERY
Rebellious tribe retreating from Levantine city ICENI
Saintly monk restraining one extremely short knight with one hand BEDIVERE
Scoff when Ginsberg and Kerouac were rejected initially EATS
Set off on flight - it could be a life-saver FIREESCAPE
She betrayed Rome with a pirate at sea TARPEIA
Sound in trouble when articulating plan? WHEEZE
Sounding fed up after drink, where can one man take another? DRAUGHTBOARD
Taking risk with van, look frantically for murderer in novel RASKOLNIKOV
Town named after the Spanish drink ELGIN
Triumph of endlessly evil politician VICTORY
TV critic grabs headphones finally that'll fit over his nut BOXSPANNER
Very safe seat gained by Bobby and Teddy COPPERBOTTOMED
Writer of letter from Greece about beheaded hetaera THOREAU