The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 847 - December 12, 2009

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... drowsy Pooh with last of honey crossing lake? BLEARY
Alliance member lives in Ontario, supporting Oxford, perhaps UNIONIST
Ancient coins in a dire new form DENARII
Angles could be so boneheaded! OBTUSE
Big noise in Sedan, one delayed going over states CHARIVARI
Border on suit English knight accepted as perk FRINGEBENEFIT
Carrier an ugly old woman provided with land SADDLEBAG
Characters in novel destined to be most senior ELDEST
Deed fish do, without a lot of expression CHARTERPARTY
Description of bloke eating fish like a girl MAIDENLY
Discharge American badly in decline FUSILLADE
Distraught soldier meeting sugar producer in commercial AGITATED
Divorcee excluded from handover? It's the custom TRADITION
Eager to remove head from Michelangelo sculpture AVID
From one African country take a wife into another MALAWI
General caught with girl in Rupert Brooke's place GRANTCHESTER
Girl soldiers given backing in leaving place of training ROSEMARY
Given a label, peer uncertainly — it's possible to remove from book REPEALABLE
Go hungry, refusing such food! FAST
Having gone to the wall, he was shattered by his downfall HUMPTYDUMPTY
He wrote a work about French art AESOP
Ill-favoured woman tutor regularly lost voice UNATTRACTIVE
Island's current appeal enthralling Continental character ISCHIA
Its projected images may come from a macabre source out East CAMERAOBSCURA
Job-related sort of therapy? OCCUPATIONAL
Knife man's beginning to raise to cut one fish or another MACKEREL
Liquid food increased in price to such an extent SOUP
Man on board that's felt to be short of funds? DRAUGHT
Meat scattered around motorway is tongue FLEMISH
Member in charge consuming a roll, strictly adhering to law LEGALISTIC
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Not quite the mug to beat repeatedly THROB
One charged rupees to replace one in ballot ELECTRON
Peel could be so verbally forthright CANDID
Person managing a stud BOSS
Photographer's emulsion sister in south-east distributed SENSITISER
Pious night-rider's sacred books REVERENT
PM introducing Queen's Speech, making tapping sound PITTERPATTER
Poach Parry heartlessly, perhaps — this includes Judith APOCRYPHA
Possible route governor travels round British Isles OUTERHEBRIDES
Right character in Merry Wives appearing at start of play? TITLEPAGE
Rubbish written about Liberal, involving several parties TRIPLE
Rum type with a detached view of Scotland, for example? ISLANDER
Sanctify ancestor involved in church CONSECRATE
Servants agree, though not in writing MENTALLY
Small French island broadcasting first of such appeals PETITIONS
Sneak into modern army detachment, keeping floozie back INFILTRATE
Somehow Pooh's tea is a perfect example ... APOTHEOSIS
Something useful to keep woman in eastern state ASSEVERATE
Sour stuff extracted from stale garlic ALEGAR
Speechless about place used for dance MUSETTE
Squadron Leader's bet about good staff officer's accessory SWAGGERSTICK
Telephone man's influence that obtains a ring BELLPULL
Theatre cat is after extremely nutritive drink NEGUS
Tight-fisted writer nipping round city PENNYPINCHING
Time to leave street party — it's getting noisier CRESCENDO
Tomb of Conservative leader originally in city church CROMLECH
Truth about head of government in sovereign state REGALITY
TV presenter spotting special constable in modern plant NEWSCASTER
Uncompromising officer stops going from A to B INTRANSIGENT
With difficulty obtain support for speaker WREST