The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23500 - January 17, 2007

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... half hidden, mischievous, but public-spirited UNSELFISH
A lot of wood to hand out DEAL
Acting is jolly, I worked out, in Chauvin's style JINGOISTICALLY
Band's single found in the Book NONET
Bar (very noisy) in Canadian resort BANFF
Bringing up the rear, stalks camel's killer LASTSTRAW
Composition about an adieu CANTATA
Consort with a saint, struggling to overcome resistance TSARINA
Deliverer wanting to exploit island MILKMAN
Grab a sourpuss and row badly CATCHACRAB
Hanging about together, lion and tiger fall out LOITERING
In the beginning, couple embraced and made repeated noises CHUGGED
In the country, Roundhead, losing his head, hid in valley RURITANIA
Lag behind starter in dash SOUPCON
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Lead singers - they are really tops STAR
Let out of eight ALLOW
Pardoning a criminal that's responsible for producing notes ... GRANDPIANO
Paul chairs gathering of ancient diviners HARUSPICAL
Pay attention to broadcast answer OBSERVE
Performer's singular lyrics applied to hippopotamus, perhaps SWORDSWALLOWER
Rod, not middle in age? About 40 AXLE
Secret hidden at first - shrub bearing seeds HOLEANDCORNER
Slip and slide when setting off for shopping trips ERRANDS
Start boat after the others - that's not right OFFTHEMARK
Start of one canal: almost the end of another COLON
Tick - insect dropping behind in a way INSTANT
Time to demand work TASK
Using six's muffler, I just make things worse JOBSCOMFORTER