The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23548 - March 14, 2007

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A black substance that will dissolve for certain ABSOLUTE
A thing for the dog taking walk is not expensive ABONMARCHE
Against healthy sweet CONFIT
Brazil may cave in on account of this NUTCRACKER
Canopy that's unadorned placed over a protruding part BALDACHIN
Close to having a fit ABOUT
Duck's at home turning over on lake NIL
Failure comes with the sacking of each expert DEFT
Flies in precarious group on wall? GREENBOTTLES
French wine coming from small bottle in a spray AIGRETTE
Hanging brings gasp with death intervening PENDANT
Hurry to get set point, smashing STEPONIT
I'm by myself in the art studio maybe SELFPORTRAIT
Lament service being deficient, needing to get in ace COMPLAIN
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Land becoming scorched? ALIGHT
Needing much effort to place paintings in book TOILSOME
Old form of illumination fixed to top point, not bottom CRESSET
Poisonous gas from cars - in exhaust ARSINE
Search van with smuggled silver FORAGE
Showy decoration with centre piece missing GARISH
Spooner's to appear tedious person learning in the library? BOOKLORE
Sticky stuff inadequate - card falls off LAC
This one isn't quite supersonic MACH
Toughie needs to be more stylish, less hard POSER
What brings colour to performers dancing in pageantries GREASEPAINT
Worker to put on white coat? ENAMELLER
Writer's essay showing lyrical quality POETRY
Wrongly get hold of girl with trick being admitted, right? MISCONSTRUE