The Times - Cryptic - This puzzle, used in the Preliminary B round of the 2013 Times National Crossword Championship, was solved correctly within the time limit by 79% of the competitors. - November 13, 2013

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A couple of presents impossible to locate NOWHERE
Adventurous traveller with back-pack, old sport MARCOPOLO
After boy's first brawl attend to bully BROWBEAT
Awkward in test if failing STIFF
Box around ring in strip CARTOON
British Library's function typically going well BLENDING
Claim maturation is process that has mean results AVERAGING
Confront a charge in hearing ACCOST
Disconcerted by audition being spread over stages PHASED
Early meeting of consumers, set quickly after outage POWERBREAKFAST
Eccentric name, say NUTTER
Engages in moderate movement to plague left-wingers DOGTROTS
Fish I preserve in centre of London BARBICAN
I use this in destruction of leaf, don't I? DEFOLIANT
It can be the equivalent of best, verbally! WORST
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Liberal accepted, within reason? Possibly in European city ORLEANS
No-win situation in which some goals are achieved SCOREDRAW
Not so confident, having run out of sherry to pour SHYER
Number of letters in Post Office by five FIFTY
Paper in folder easily damaged FRAGILE
Part of body presenting noble with honour EARLOBE
Plant making wheels on someone else's ground CARAWAY
Rebuke a handsome youth hugging maiden hard ADMONISH
Settler in Africa sheltering wife in shady place BOWER
Something that gets one's attention to secure poison HEMLOCK
Supervisors taken in by bizarre idea not previously cited AFOREMENTIONED
Verify temperature taken in an examination ATTEST
Violently hitting a male repeatedly in scene of fighting RAMMING
Vision I subsequently refer to in speech EYESIGHT
Volunteer not taking drug, right? OFFER