The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 741 - February 9, 2008

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Clues Answers
A dry man needs a large drink very quickly ATTHEDOUBLE
A duchy being held by the Prince of Wales is general in British history CORNWALLIS
A leading perfume's going up ASCENT
A stoop might be sorted out with the - OSTEOPATH
Agreed to have put down roots SETTLEDOWN
Animal not properly identified - though one might make up another name for it! ABOMINABLESNOWMAN
Boy follows the French period in school LESSON
Brought up Railway Children? ELEVATED
City girl finally is left in control of local authority CARLISLE
Colour of fine fabric worked with gold threads FLAME
Columnist can be terribly novel UNCLETOMSCABIN
Company receiving commanding officer with a drink COCOA
Conditions for agreement when schools should be open TERMS
Conservative has to admit being immature CALLOW
Crime rendering vicar powerless ARSON
Dance involving drink to some degree RUMBA
Deficit suggesting winter may be extensive? SHORTFALL
Departed with MBE after going all out for cross BADTEMPERED
Determined person keeping watch on son STICKER
Dickens hero Ebenezer, extremely dishonest person TWISTER
Dry river lock SECURE
End courtier's manoeuvring to get back in REINTRODUCE
Enduring state security police beginning to search STASIS
False statement found in reference for replacement staff member RELIEF
Find new church after ten years moral decline DECADENCE
Fruit grasped by agile monkey LEMON
Fuss with clues made up without Chambers, initially, achieving aim SUCCESSFUL
Go round one Italian city TURIN
Greetings from mother unfortunately turning up SALAAM
Heads of extremely pampered get hair treatment in beer and aromatic oil PEPPERMINT
International meetings - often scenic summer thrashes? SUMMITCONFERENCES
Clues Answers
King's second new triumphal monument MONARCH
Lament, for instance used in cathedral ELEGY
Leaders in Kabul, Herat and Kandahar imported military material KHAKI
Let down by apartment found in property paper DEFLATED
Like the night sky? Take seconds to linger STARRY
Line taken during strike is to complain BLEAT
Old Father Time volunteers for light work OPERETTA
One establishing standard with due respect to myself? PACESETTER
One pays tax on these - as must happen when money flows into London CAPITALGAINS
One previously in job wanting quiet advice in the past over tax on gold PREDECESSOR
One regretting installing Liberal leader in government RULER
Peacekeepers new to a trades union mass meeting, strangely UNNATURALLY
Personal attributes one may see scorer use in play RESOURCES
Prisoner needs key former to make one CONFLATE
Programme damaged printer, always running over temperature INTERPRETER
Rich biscuit - but definitely no eclair SHORTCAKE
Sacré bleu! EEC's new constitution is a controversial issue CAUSECELEBRE
See Indian potato dish that's very spicy VINDALOO
Shamefacedly, Uriah is next to Henry in cunning SHEEPISHLY
Something for checking ship's resistant to water? GALLEYPROOF
Station toilets have no closet WATERLOO
Support black ethnic group BRACE
System for measuring crime's spread with time METRIC
This sector's products are really taking off AEROSPACE
Tiredness of monkey with nought to eat LANGUOR
Turner able to produce great power in a landscape WINDTURBINE
Unique error relating to the throat SINGULAR
War? British prime minister's dropped English in it BATTLE
Wear out workers, although in engineers' residence of old RETIREMENTHOME
What goes on before umpire's gone into photographs PREFIX
What may receive a regular TV programme (no Saint) AERIAL