The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 24036 - October 4, 2008

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A small piece of poetry in preparation AFOOT
Chap fooling around has to confess after class CLOWN
Competes hard in run in Cornish town STRIVES
Displaying temper in place one frequents STAMPINGGROUND
Elaborate formal speeches from bishops and others? SETPIECES
Escorted by parents, left island capital PALMA
European designer excited and ready for action ENERGISED
Fail as teacher, having caused upset in a little child MISEDUCATE
Grammatical error commonly made? No, never DOUBLENEGATIVE
Having a jack and a queen, opened tentatively? AJAR
Holidaymaker travelling to old place is first out of train TOURIST
I cannot go, unfortunately - that causes widespread ill-feeling CONTAGION
In nationwide vote, elected dedicated person DEVOTEE
Influential position in unusual case detective's beginning in French city ASCENDANCY
Land redistributed, you heard, in East and South of Spain ANDALUSIA
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Lead, say, a number of Romans and others must follow METAL
Libertine academic joining university in first month DONJUAN
Man returned by four in Mediterranean city TELAVIV
Married princess to son of old king MIDAS
No longer burning, not even warm? That's senseless OUTCOLD
Numerical information not much taken the wrong way DATA
One part of litter queen dropped in pool KITTY
One part of speech in row showing where our Parliament stands RIVERBANK
One way to inflict wound on bird PIPIT
Perform, as diva, comic opera in part of Asia SINGAPORE
Port that's good - very good - passed to the left GENOA
Sails south to test what way the wind blows CANVASS
She died tragically, having abused pectoral area CLEOPATRA
Stride proudly around shopping centre, making casual conversation SMALLTALK
Understood it includes fifty implements in a collection TOOLKIT