The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 865 - April 3, 2010

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A new account about current furious criticism ANIMADVERSION
Appropriate activity for king and queen in court? ROYALTENNIS
Awfully ugly heartiness, in a manner of speaking ESTUARYENGLISH
Bar, for a lawyer, is among best options ESTOP
Basis of theory how empires might reform PREMISE
Brutally criticise a volume penned by learned person SAVAGE
Call for attention about a pair? Nonsense! HOOEY
Close West End dive for the evening NIGHTFALL
Communist Party moving to the left — what could be more bizarre? ODDER
Dated invention meeting resistance is isolated example OUTLIER
Design it wrongly — sailor is falling apart DISINTEGRATING
Does it make member long for practical jokes? LEGPULLING
Dual-purpose weapon revealed as prince falls under horse HALBERT
Either half of hardback STERN
Elderly old boy upset in wine shop BODEGA
English entering recovery? No kidding! REALLY
Espoused and raised issue on behalf of others ADOPTED
Fast collection of aircraft FLEET
Flight home heading East, as usual ROUTINE
Fortuitously secure part of whale FLUKE
Having finally left fortune, say TESTATE
Highland people live surrounded by giants TIBETANS
Home help raised in part of Asia INDIA
I speak angrily about king, and it becomes a distraction IRRITANT
In inebriated state, cast dance HIGHLANDFLING
In which money is misused, with no end of sleaze SIMONY
Indirect promises of redemption by clergyman VICARIOUS
Is a hot and tasty concoction, in other words THATISTOSAY
Leading player, possibly top organist PROTAGONIST
Lock soldier up inside for hunting animal TIGRESS
Lost rings I'm turning up MISLAID
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Loud noise made by game, ie wild animal DINGO
Majestic, like part of famous boulevard in Berlin? SUBLIME
Mark unhealthy inclination in people selected for posts MAILINGLIST
Mostly stick with radio broadcast still available immediately POLAROID
Musicians putting sheets on piano PLAYERS
Novel results in a read that's an exciting story TREASUREISLAND
Novelist over fifty? Only just HARDLY
Old woman with unfriendly dog MASTIFF
One covenant given, arranged as wartime agreement GENEVACONVENTION
One doing extra work as doctor on barge MOONLIGHTER
Passage of key vote, time after time TEXT
Payment in sovereigns ROYALTY
People selling things need marts organised TRADESMEN
Person who covers place for spectators at home STANDIN
Problems of withdrawal from unfriendly country COLDTURKEY
Recognised artist half-hidden by shrub, note ACADEMICIAN
Revolution is exactly what's needed — come again? REVISIT
Secure Irishman showing up in bar TAPROOM
Send off to fight — ministers stand by it DISPATCHBOX
Severely critical in Society about article SCATHING
Success as corruption is reduced by politician VICTORY
Suggest protecting river thus polluted IMPURELY
Time of great activity — life-changing start of vital operation FIELDDAY
Tiny piece left in place for the rest of the travellers MOTEL
Totally secure some criminal, ie nab legally INALIENABLE
Translucent mineral usable for box, in practice SPAR
Undisclosed officer's taken over a railway as head of international group SECRETARYGENERAL
Unfortunate way in which one becomes cruel person SADIST
Way in which libertine receives tango on radio ROUTE
Work for some composers, making multiple copies MASSPRODUCTION
Writer reaching corresponding conclusions RHYMESTER