The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24110 - December 31, 2008

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As Racine's rarely picked up, read a bit ARSENIC
Big cheese on our menu, mouldy NUMEROUNO
Concede there's something capped in statute ACCEPT
Excellent form CLASS
Eye finds nothing close to perfect in image OPTIC
Fish food, a lot taken on board PLANKTON
Floor, where tree remains STUMP
Given new personnel to be catered for, moved faster to get ahead RESTAFFED
Heading torn from off-white sheets REAM
Hit the front lawn at first, where one mixes at a party PUNCHBOWL
Huge issue for children, inspiring son COSMIC
Hybrid religious symbol CROSS
Illicit alcohol clubs dropped? Then there's a commotion HOOHA
Ingredient in cooking porridge, we hear THYME
Issue celebrity brought up, worried EMANATE
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Little jerk after article, to a degree relevant to subject THEMATIC
Low state, as listless MOONY
Pale and unwell, grapes at first taken up to chew GNAW
Ravel's work could make Handel and Chopin sad DAPHNISANDCHLOE
Reason to be miserly as a landlord? RATIONALE
Run scenes in order to see film put on in summer SUNSCREEN
Snoop preserving butcher, about to bring shame onto old hag CURTAINTWITCHER
Start painfully to insert tip of corkscrew into drink WINCE
Sweet as a nut? FRUITCAKE
Swimmer has problem over carrying 500 fish MUDSKIPPER
Term certain to get you fascinated SPELLBOUND
The first time taken out, note needlework CROCHET
This blocks sinks up, and appears regularly STOOPER
Track through Hyde Park bringing awful dispute ROTTENROW
Vegetable piece to extract MANGETOUT