The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 845 - November 28, 2009

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A block north, then cross back — you can't miss it BARNDOOR
Able to have first of shares liquidated SKILLED
After English century, still elated ECSTATIC
Always wanting the flower? It's in a tree ELITISM
Authorise in new form after dropping old reference books THESAURI
Barely gets in the water SKINNYDIPS
Being a manager, desperate about money? Good! DIRECTING
Best bridge pair upset one who can become beastly WEREWOLF
Deception that a sucker may enjoy HUMBUG
Defeat is as bad as it can get WORST
Desirable articles, though not singularly attractive? COLLECTORSITEMS
Dick and Tommy lay out one reptile PRIVATEINVESTIGATOR
Disgruntled, like infant in high chair? FEDUP
Dress up, indeed, and if young take part DANDIFY
Female hard to find in corrupt Tory party at first DOROTHY
Fired up, as represented in degrees ENERGISED
Flee with king in retreat, getting bombed DRUNKEN
Gets rid of fat, since entering ranks DEGREASES
Good place to get in early, that's accessible to the man in the street GROUNDFLOOR
Hold jolly happening in midweek for all the people EVERYONE
Homer's responsibility PIGEON
Horse not showing up for second or third course? NONSTARTER
I am said to grab maiden — that's wicked IMMORAL
I'm resolute, pursuing religious end in travel PILGRIM
It heavily controls author's output — hence publication delay, we hear PAPERWEIGHT
Like an unused pack of cards, or diamonds, originally UNCUT
Like carte blanche, ie not subject to control UNRULED
Male having terrible fate in clutch of woman like this? FEMMEFATALE
Measure of current left in river, for instance EXAMPLE
Meat product you shouldn't swallow PORKPIE
More than excellent singers in group outside church CHOICER
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Move quickly when surprised in opening START
Noise made by net in vessel URN
Old fool remaining in US city NODDY
One caught in the actual act of stealing THIEVERY
Play safe with pagan deity PETERPAN
Poet, for a considerable time, member of society LONGFELLOW
Politically unprincipled type, relatively smart TRIMMER
Predator culled from weakest, relentlessly KESTREL
Provoke during dreadful scene INCENSE
Put in order that's absurdly grandiose ORGANISED
Rasta confused about popular companion of emperor TSARINA
Reason, for example, to eat egg SANITY
Records of athletic performances that may be beaten TIMES
Ring different numbers in Rome for theatre OLDVIC
Roasting an ingredient for salad ROCKET
Room to manoeuvre, in general, on road LEEWAY
School in which Jim's extended, according to report GYMNASIUM
Search series of hills where shooting occurs, in practice RIFLERANGES
See! You are pronounced a scoundrel CUR
Serial broadcast by one Middle Eastern citizen ISRAELI
Smile inanely and keep doing same thing, being poorly educated SEMILITERATE
Social gathering put inside for middle of day DINNERPARTY
Starting to sleep, on holiday after signing agreement NODDINGOFF
Trusts social organization that provides economic progress TOURISTCLASS
Try out twice as highflying expert TESTPILOT
Unorthodox treatment to shift local Italian family to North-East ALTERNATIVEMEDICINE
Unusually rare find that's not normally visible INFRARED
Way in which scheme is incomplete, to be precise STRICT
We had strike call as symbol of commitment to union WEDDINGRING
Work of art, say, placed outside university STATUE
You may see a shower etc after broadcast like this WEATHERFORECAST