The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23950 - June 26, 2008

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Assailants mount stick up on one side of Scottish city MUGGERS
Boils ham for carving cold in mess SHAMBOLIC
Business taking off in area of recession in East End? AIRLINE
Chap making our demand for cover heard RUFUS
Diatribe on reflection played a ritual part TIRADE
Doctor's boring journeys over this ultimately do drag CROSSDRESS
Don't go ringing up one rich female for help LIFTAFINGER
Ease excessively limp characters into circle to make poetry OVERSIMPLIFY
Employed old copper bearing clubs as rat-catcher OCCUPIED
Encourages Pat's employer to provide cracking little scoop EGGSPOON
Expert worries about being eaten by savage MASTERFUL
Gas enshrouding battleground a symbol of death CYPRESS
Lay down and died in drought? ORDAIN
Low-calorie peach: one they devour a lot LITERATI
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Most significant digit in base five BIGTOE
Pair of hacks look smart CHOPCHOP
Passing information round section OBIT
Persistent beating failed to reform INDEFATIGABLE
President in position to look for reds here? BEDFORD
Pull one across pond YANK
Saved article made of iron coming in contact with acid PRESSCUTTING
Scotsman cracking gag in Wales GLASWEGIAN
Spirit connected with ghost regularly METHS
Stars not demanding bright clothing GALAXY
Superior waiting as sister failing to pen one-line poem SILVERSERVICE
Swift work finding a relation from Bath? (1,4,2,1,3) ATALEOFATUB
Tolkien character ranks third amongst suchlike ORC
Wings of annoyed duck flapping ADO