The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24412 - December 18, 2009

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Act like supporters in part of ground not far away STANDBY
Bad run symptomatic of what makes red cells proliferate? COMMUNISTPARTY
Broken stones gardener put under cover MACADAM
Child's mother holding black snake MAMBA
Diversions resulting from pontoon bridge splitting CARDGAMES
Firm date put out for hostile takeover COUPDETAT
Flexible in thought, in way that's enhancing SUPPLEMENTALLY
Having nothing, under pressure, book slogger's put in? POTBOILER
Hold up popular poet as one favouring wealth redistribution ROBINHOOD
In course taken initially, study very little SOUPCON
Indicate period charm SPELL
Kind mother, so-called NATURE
Line in a great novel, unbound ATLARGE
Lived somewhere like Liverpool? RESIDED
One responsible for capital ancient region raised REMUS
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One water-bird on river is mature RIPEN
Openness of university with positive attitude? Right CANDOUR
Page three, for example, churchman finally eliminated RECTO
Person used to be seen in musical, with a piano backing CATSPAW
Piece of wood, a selection of which is put in box PANEL
Put together a lot of data for pub facility, perhaps POOLTABLE
Seas are hidden by 'aze, reportedly, in this port ACCRA
Set of characters female encountered in would-be dominant church TYPEFACE
Sporting achievement in which opponents never regain the lead GRANDSLAM
Squeeze some energy out of host on ship COMPRESS
State of knower, confused about unknown NEWYORK
Sun exposed this high-flier's mistake ICARUS
The thinking man's sculptor RODIN
Try again to meet this person's request APPELLANT
Writer's depression getting character on to screen KEYSTROKE