The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25249 - August 23, 2012

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About to have egg producers in large building, making a clutch possible PREHENSILE
Biblical land way back EDOM
Bird in Bond film bumping off German companion GOLDFINCH
Bird to sink down gripping end of branch SHAG
Boss in red-top office reflected MIRRORED
Costliest purge, I suspect, is a way to please some of the voters GESTUREPOLITICS
Drinks assigned marks (zero not given) PINTS
Druggie — one who thinks head will float off USER
Excavate either side of stream and river — means to get at oil maybe DRILLRIG
Faithful servant makes any number of pounds for trader RETAILER
God bearing fruit in magnificent manifestation APPEARANCE
Goddess in boat with love for king JUNO
Guarantee result will be about right ENSURE
Harmonise with new decoration COORDINATE
In official costume, run carrying weight, not getting to the finish ROBES
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It's horrible, leader not being seen or properly recognised RIGHTFUL
It's right for individual to let go of son PROPER
Label in bank maybe to show deficit SHORTAGE
Long narrative again provided by Indian chief SAGAMORE
Note monarch in black, sorrowful MISERABLE
On office desk you may find that perennials perch precariously PENCILSHARPENER
One stabbing of facial feature? Not really ear-piercing maybe! NOISY
Orange and reds could make for pretty backyard ROSEGARDEN
Picking us up, heading off home perhaps SEMI
Someone selling amateur recording REPLAY
Stick used by one laying down the line RULER
Terrain was almost cracking — need for this? RAINWATER
The fellow without work, and the virtue he needs? HOPE
Those afar in Grenada — some as sailors SEAFARING
Tom's a bit confused inside — one going this way and that? SWAYER