The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23794 - December 27, 2007

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A spinster no longer immediately available OFFTHESHELF
Base metal forged from pieces in Soho and SE twenty five HORSESHOE
Be busy with part of kitchen routine HUMDRUM
Bridge club coming first getting medal IRONCROSS
Caves in time swallowing trunk road in city BOWSTREET
Claim interest BAG
Crash impact something that's cut and dried HITTHEHAY
Dissident caught escaping from jail after scrap REFUSENIK
Doctor repeating notes about one's tummy MIDRIFF
Exercise noisily in ancient woodland WEALD
Hammer had no time for this director MALLE
In the distance lie back, lapping up the cream ELITISM
Inflated hydrogen in hut failing to explode HIGHFALUTIN
Innocent one they will corrupt LILYWHITE
Irish politician that I got involved in firm TONED
Lass giving off smell, one hanging in the air HUMMINGBIRD
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Lift part of spring vegetable plant YAM
Like detectives turning up old detection method ASDIC
Man not born of woman HER
Means to fill crew here with alarm WHEREWITHAL
Miss broadcast after mounting delay TIMELAG
Nothing wrong with one having a hard book OBADIAH
Odd characters from MASH met and taken away in van AHEAD
Opposition parties accordingly gathering call for leader to go THEMANDUS
Poet's green: not a lord but boy EMERSON
Reason for body appearing in fracas? RIFLESHOT
Rescue from trouble in fight BAILOUT
Resign from French-American college DEMIT
Stranger stopping helps foreign girl ELSPETH
That's boring old Henry interrupting Cardinal endlessly HOHUM
Warning when about to miss bend in road AMBER
Yob one encountered in fair OIK