The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 803 - March 7, 2009

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A crazy-sounding chap, a South African AZANIAN
A plant's top conceals garden bugs APHIDES
A tidy number turned up during my wedding ceremony MATRIMONY
Astronauts must eventually face reality COMEDOWNTOEARTH
Author's book: "Rugby's Retired Rowdies" BURROUGHS
Belloc and Rider Haggard kept old dog BORDERCOLLIE
Birds that sit for artist, we're told HOOPOES
Brainy brother tucks into breakfast CEREBRAL
Butcher I spotted cutting chops the wrong way SPOIL
Calm facing defeat at the end of the day EVENFALL
City announced transport connection with Circle Line and Northern LINCOLN
Coach reversed by mistake, we hear, close to seashore SUBLITTORAL
Colonel needs cover when shooting BLIMP
Container of treasure originally from S American empire TINCAN
Crack any plaster can repair PLEASANTRY
Decorative style ultimately adopted by female painter FLOWERY
Distance travelled by locomotive, one entering new terminal TRAINMILE
Erotic dancing by English group COTERIE
For Uncle Sam, perhaps hair of the dog is a revelation EYEOPENER
Four enlisted by top manager EXECUTIVE
French lover finds a hole in his wall AMOUR
Friendly note incorporated in a message AMICABLE
Imagined one can get half a dozen about in new shelter NONEXISTENT
Important to wear hat going outside for race DONKEYDERBY
Military drill is no NHS concern PRIVATEPRACTICE
Model is no longer handsome? EXAMPLE
Mostly pale and tense PAST
Motorway etiquette overturned in region of France MEDOC
Music maker wearing yellow LUTEIN
Petrarchan sonnet is source of Piaf song CHANSON
Place of employment offers work fixing mobile phones OPENSHOP
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Play with extremely corny bit of dialogue receiving award CYMBELINE
Poet cut verse out of volume one OVID
Portion of food destroyed: most bizarre ODDEST
Publicity for charity HANDOUT
Punished on rack, religious man was sick STRETCHED
Ran after two boys CHASED
Religious festival organised without first man's backing RAMADAN
Sign up and vote Communist MARX
Singer rarely belted out a tune in church, right? CHAUNTER
Single fool stuck in part of building likely to catch fire IGNITABLE
Situation with advantages and disadvantages? That's not entirely fair SWINGSANDROUNDABOUTS
Small amount of drug, very tiny shot MICRODOT
Smell smoke? Attic's spared initially REEK
Snitch on learner at school, one without a mate? SINGLETON
Sort out keeping love bird here for the night? ROOST
Spot of fun for daughter about to get up to something wicked, book revealed (4,4,2,10) LARKRISETOCANDLEFORD
Starts again on set of maths problems, having received rather low grade RESUMES
Support plan to screen picture BACKPROJECT
Sweethearts having no time at all for tatty Y-fronts, I'd bet BOYFRIENDS
Swift maybe describes insect in style of Italian poet DANTEAN
Teacher's first to translate Rilke? TRAINER
Temperature an indication of measles? Rubbish! TRASH
There's nothing in English county for young Irishmen BUCKOS
Tour round centre of Polish capital TRIPOLI
Tuck in after cooking first of haricots in season ONHEAT
Very little money deposited in bank of late RECENTLY
What's Latin for "starting point"? A rum question, as it turns out TERMINUSAQUO
What's trained as hunt dog? STAGHOUND
Wild journey between Brazil and the States? RIOTOUS
Writer accompanies prime minister round his city MEMPHIS
You, me and third person group together working as escorts USHERING