The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25649 - December 4, 2013

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Ancient warning of mounting danger on holiday CAVECANEM
Backward, unlit housing area covering inside of Baltic port region KALININGRAD
Boost that could make us favourites? STEPUP
Browning, perhaps, longing to be recited DYEING
Celt's back in race, perhaps: runs inside BRETON
Deny occupying dinghy as Yangtze's rising NAYSAY
Did go as Queen's train turned up: no one joined MIAOWED
Drink of coffee (not instant) CHA
Evil doctor in Emergency Room — victim of farmer's wife's thumping ENORMOUS
Fashion guru right up close — I say! TRENDSETTER
Forcing sides of fence open in siege MAFEKING
Girl going easy on the claret MILDRED
Given time — a year — to reflect APT
Humble exhortation to watch weight LOW
Messenger's delight in introducing verse for judge ENVOY
O for one final chance at last to come up with pledge VOWEL
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Old writer is bully — yet is oddly backed STYLUS
One producing drink stirrer — mine sadly has been pinched WINEMAKER
One working hard stopped to gather large flower SLAVEDRIVER
Passed on personality reference from doctor and wife — a poor show! WHOWASWHO
Press person such as house husband, say, to protect son NEWSMAN
Saint's name's confused with Lucifer at the outset ANSELM
Scrap list of courses, advancing superior material that surfaces BITUMEN
Seek support from spare leg LEANON
Spy chief books one criminal following tip from George Smiley? EMOTICON
Statistics show summer began badly NUMBERSGAME
Stretch influence SPELL
That is needed with a cross for bearing around? MUSCLE
Thumb volume, not quite to the end TOM
Warns of side on board going to extremes PORTENDS
Where to swim and fish after following coast FREEWHEEL
Wrinkle some might pick up but not mock PUKKA