The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25709 - February 13, 2014

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A pathetic summer, awful in this? PUREMATHEMATICS
Animal's first in group to be caught HEARD
Charles's subject, the butterfly? That's on the right track THEMERRYMONARCH
Country river with fish, so called RWANDA
Dwelling not yet perfect? PREFAB
Encouragement to star singer in My Bare Lady? GODIVA
Endlessly animated about receiving disc that provides music VIOLA
First indication of a brew-up, we hear — is this all the police can handle? KETTLEFUL
Fought to get road thus soundly upgraded DUELLED
Head back where one came from, keeping one in good humour BONHOMIE
Holy water in east groups of people swallow GANGES
In garden, remarkably heroic plant apparently stingy with its flowers? BEEORCHID
Likely to go up mountain? VOLCANO
Officer accepts individual false accounts most abandoned LONELIEST
One experimented with old coin, a lump of iron GUINEAPIG
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One with sock on given tip to walk quietly? TOE
One working to avoid multiple lawsuit, a great performance CLASSACT
Party type I mostly mark right in game POLITICO
Pull paunch up TUG
Put in a day's work on neat article INTERCALATE
Religious centre rejected article about prophecy VATIC
Run out of meeting held by spies, note, in Athens once CITYSTATE
Scholar's problems are mounting ERASMUS
Shot all round recruit is not relaxing RIGID
Study clothes stand GETUP
Swimmer showing extremes of the technique, on back TETRA
Temporarily in charge, hold new test in vehicle CARETAKER
Tried and tested methods to get a chimney up in front FORMULAE
When daughter leaves, give up house HANOVER
Writer of horrid music needing an arranger IRISMURDOCH