The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24451 - February 3, 2010

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American beetle giving stable-worker unknown disease LADYBUG
Basket for fish caught with winding device CREEL
Being on holiday, he leaves Jack, for example TRIPPER
Blundering general in Rome once, not Uncle Sam CRASS
Case made by poet losing backing of the old SHELL
Clydeside resident's frown when light is restricted LOWLANDER
Companion introducing popular comedian's gossip CHINWAG
Coordinator of military course artist mentioned in speech TACTICIAN
Court comes down on extremely zany drunk WOOZY
Crustaceans seen in short drive across river SCAMPI
Deal with his nocturnes, perhaps? FIELD
Fallout when the deal is subjected to cuts? SAWDUST
Female voice can comment at last in print MEZZOTINT
Group seeing tailless mammal and so on climbing within OCTETTE
Healthy diet? A northern duke put on a stone! GREENSAND
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Lines written in City journal, so to speak ECLOGUE
Making entry, architect loses heart, needing gin, perhaps INGOING
Man possibly securing this primarily for making nets? ISTLE
Meat: oddly thin slice I must leave to admit head of zoo SCHNITZEL
Somewhat swollen condition of female diving bird? PUFFINESS
Sound of country composer entertaining lag with cold dish CHILLICONCARNE
Suffer fate of char without knight to care for? BEFRIEND
Ungenerous, but feeling bad about one banished from state ILLIBERAL
Unleavened bread — just the thing to feed a school group PITTA
Vessel's name Morse concealed in trial ENDEAVOUR
Way to fill posh Windsor gentleman's position in theatre UPSTAGE
Where food is left, creating difficulty for Cockneys LARDER
Woman's football team jolted into a state of confusion DISORIENTATION
Work of obscene character, say, delivered with mail POSTLUDE
Written declaration of butcher in the Hebrides? ISLAY