The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 25299 - October 20, 2012

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A break is good in itself, to acquire energy RESPITE
A note put out describing perhaps his scheme as crazy ONANOTHERPLANET
A rainbow coalition's leader returned for city ACCRA
Caught out hoarding narrow material now superseded by plastic GUTTAPERCHA
Cease to convince with clothing advice for warm weather? WEARTHIN
Cut back to finish self-portrait as a bit of a devil? DRAWINONESHORNS
Disposed of holding in one firm SOLID
Editing short page, author's handwriting AUTOGRAPH
Employee always receives a service EARNER
Feature of mountain, no end of wintry conditions? COL
Flying, oddly doubt beginner will identify it REEDBUNTING
Gardens in dry period finally got ready for barbecue? SKEWERED
I'm not sure bad boys should get top grade for nothing, going for high marks in German UMLAUTS
Likes something to download on travels APPROVES
Man's heavy reading left unfinished TOM
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Many maintain initially uncomfortable position LOTUS
Old beast rises to appeal, in our case STEGOSAUR
Refuse to accept husband in party THRASH
Remove former pupils and more from conversation EXCISE
Republican country produces Caesar among others ROMAN
Roman poet heading off has to travel round a bit PARTIALLY
Setter keeps popular — good, but one may be fired SHOTGUN
Shady area where assistant introduces additive, one European banned PENUMBRA
Sleep so soundly, being this? TIGHT
Somehow make or mend to be in fashion MODERN
Sound of explosion unresolved, drunkard may declare ATISHOO
Spurge regularly understood by a few to be grass SUGARCANE
Through small error, I smash into drivers in the country ABYSSINIA
Weapon trainer's belated opportunity to explain HINDSIGHT
With thinking, head dropped USING