The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25685 - January 16, 2014

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A bloomer to put one's foot down a sunken shaft SPEEDWELL
Allude to favour, though not initially REFER
Barrel in empty office, like an egg OVATE
Celebrate breakfast TOAST
Chuck in extramarital affair FLING
Consider weasel, ultimately, related to this animal? RATEL
Contract while in shelter? LEASE
Course about right as path to follow TRACK
Cut hole, then score through pieces to make local delicacy PORKSCRATCHINGS
English city, as Celt suggested? NEWCASTLE
Figure looked up to, starred as a great swimmer BIGDIPPER
Foul dog endlessly biting visitor from afar FETID
Half gone in gulp, a rat struggling to gobble horse up — big eater! GARGANTUA
I shall look firstly into the prime minister's misery ILLHEALTH
Intrepid daughter relatively short? DAUNTLESS
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Jolly man, OK ROGER
Leader abandoning high office for temporary post as artist RESIDENCY
Loud music in test, etc, is bad for the brain ROCKETSCIENTIST
One following path gets lost, having something to eat SPAGHETTI
Passport inverted, then spread out, is shown DISPLAYED
Proper food is back: not English? Criminal! BURGLAR
Scent dread about filling in duty list ROSEWATER
Screamer potentially ending in journal, creating pandemonium BABEL
Sew, as it were? SOTOSPEAK
Single day after middle of June UNWED
Still quality seen in monarch — tiara artist omitted INERTIA
Suffer failure primarily in metal steering mechanism TAILFIN
Table consuming litres, a lot of water FLOOD
Very slight fear with trembling knight WAFERTHIN
Weapon caused damsel to be in distress? CUTLASS