The Times - Cryptic - Sunday Times Cryptic 4291 - August 24, 2008

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An omen of gold mace? HOSTILE
Barker's special person of great skill that's left around 25 SPRINGER
Bird circles its dinner? OSPREY
Blocked housing developments up north IGLOOS
Cross part of flashy bridge FRIGID
Dancer, perhaps, makes Irene red when embarrassed TEATOWEL
Distance between a pair of horses HYBRID
Everyday insect entered fruit PLANTAIN
Fizzy booze without slightest restraint will make you this LARGER
Frozen stiff after first of February AUSPICE
Gallop to one's profession CAREER
Have starters of fruit pudding but returned sponge LOOFAH
Head falls off superb example from part of Spain ARAGON
It's a beastly sight seeing Helen and Pat drunk on exotic ales ELEPHANTSEAL
It's used around start of evening a lot — with wet stuff in the kitchen SPANIEL
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Meant to be a fiancée INTENDED
Metal gun converted to machine gun after time TUNGSTEN
Moving mass Elgar composed touring Guernsey etc GLACIER
Patent sink and rail FLAGRANT
Poles go to trendy drinking haunts INNS
Potter, say, making poor errors outside church SORCERER
Relatively new diversion bringing memory into play? COMPUTERGAME
Soft pet in food store starting to eat DELICATE
Strong wind ruined a party TORNADO
Tooth? He tends it if broken DENTIST
Unfriendly hotel is given makeover REINDEER
We get nasty beetle WEEVIL
Without instruction to be very loud, Bing is rubbish PIFFLE
You might see "Lulu" in it but not a lot of "Hair" OPERAHAT