The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24387 - November 19, 2009

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Almost placid North Sea rippling — it has a bobble TAMOSHANTER
Bird very cold at end of autumn BITTERN
Bubble quietly, keeping hot, and glow SHIMMER
Chewing action, eating cold tongue OCCITAN
Comes to life in holiday up north WAKES
Crime squad at first expecting to receive boost SHOPLIFTING
Delay cancelling a clever speaker WIT
Fortune can be very funny KILLING
From area, turn back AGO
Having run to the front, very displeased with gangly limbs RANGY
Head swollen in rising historian GIBBON
Key to criminals' language — one comes out of one's shell and is taken in ESCARGOT
Machine-designer's constant role changes, given more work LECORBUSIER
Man's words of greeting HIS
Moving nimbly to get extra sentence overturned properly SPRIGHTLY
No all-rounder, race covered in fine sweat FLATEARTHER
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Not proud when deceived about me ASHAMED
Questionably legal drink has no name SHADY
Refuse to accept a Republican based around No. Ten DENARY
Remove jumper and put off going outside UPROOT
See bank hasn't opened ELY
Servant I'd found in skirmish on island MANFRIDAY
Split personality repairing raincoat CROATIAN
Spray water over a book HOSEA
Stole across border, one in Polixenes' kingdom BOHEMIA
To get into Yahoo, help arranged LAIDOUT
To like the Venus de Milo is hard? It's not ugly HARMLESS
Tree makes a blaze in chimney LABURNUM
Trick is dishonest, not initially attracting criticism ENTRAP
Vera's evasion? HALFTRUTH
Weapon of unknown ability announced EXCALIBUR
Working dog bites head of live snake RATTLER