The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24236 - May 27, 2009

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Boat service beginning on Tuesday RAFT
Craft man landed with hesitation, having policeman aboard HELICOPTER
Dragon dispatched, having rapier regularly plunged in SERPENT
Faculty head wanting area for study DEN
Fashionable label Ultimo regularly appears — it's a gem INTAGLIO
Five hundred from Channel port go ashore — and proceed thus? OVERLAND
God backing goddess to accept credit for Middle East incident SUEZCRISIS
Gorgon missiles East deployed initially against America MEDUSA
Government worker upset inscrutable VP PUBLICSERVANT
Interrupting girl with witty remark, I would be arousing strong feelings EMOTIVE
Is careful about cutting middle joints around the mast MIDSHIPS
Israel cunningly holding back with powerful weapons NUCLEAR
Mature workers, headed by one of them — leader of team? MANAGEMENT
Military dress on local with name much too high is conveying little UNINFORMATIVE
Participant in The Rite of Spring perhaps is rent asunder DANSEUR
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Particular feature of a ghost that's not concerning ASPECT
Party in aid of church workers LABOURFORCE
Plant distributing roof tiles around the Home Counties LOOSESTRIFE
Prisoner has kind wife, perhaps CONSORT
Relative is looking haggard — that's not good AUNT
Robe is something worth buying for the future but not wearing VESTMENT
Service charge includes time and lavish entertainment FETE
Shop permitted taking old note at first OUTLET
Smooth coffee filling in case for flan FLATTEN
Sorbet's lovely with topping ICE
Spring surge falls short by the start of summer WELL
Stumbles when entering Oxbridge's first honours exam TRIPOS
Thin, bony girl in cover shot with us CADAVEROUS
Those pre-eminent in Florence really enhanced several centuries of painting FRESCO
Victorian author's given queen an academic book READER