The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23805 - January 9, 2008

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Add a little reason why pregnant seal comes ashore TOPUP
Aliens seen crossing the road? LITTLEGREENMEN
Bank clerk who worked on the hydrogen bomb HEALER
Communicate to the deaf, and add name SIGN
Control English army pistol's recoil REGULATE
Creature slept briefly (an hour less) in retirement PANDA
Decline to admit veto overturned, but hopeful WANNABE
Drunk often has to withdraw feebly BOTTLEOUT
End of cigarette burning, join the traffic FILTERIN
Exciting parcel, and she barely moves close LAPDANCER
Fairly good treatment, on the surface FINISH
Formal quality displayed by best architecture STARCH
Harbour children go round in the cold MULBERRY
I hear he starts game, a sort of test BETA
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Illustration is perfection, once fixed FRONTISPIECE
It grows more quickly if pruned ASTER
Make tough girl walk on the inside ANNEAL
Monumental builder cuts round back of stone CHEOPS
Never many after three in plant FEVERFEW
One luxurious edition of bestiary SYBARITE
One swimming here suffers from exposure GOLDFISHBOWL
Porter brought in cut of meat to one ill with this? BERIBERI
Rep's arranged drug on bed, as doctor may order PRESCRIBE
School's good press hard to repeat in turn GRAMMAR
Squeezes regiment at first into quarters CRAMPS
Strength of front in which temperature drops FORTE
Tie-break system to end argument GOALDIFFERENCE
Wine lover is dreadful glutton WOLVERINE