The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 25705 - February 8, 2014

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Assertive parent separating a pet and its parasite briefly? DOGMATIC
Aztec site regularly provides excitement ZEST
Bright spot on screen with black edge BLIP
Creeper that's to do a good job of acting 22? SPEEDWELL
Damage rips hole in rubber POLISHER
Dramatist ultimately behind literary gesture — and in French? BECKETT
Draped garment to hang loosely round man SARONG
Eleven out speedily, put out with efficiency EXPEDITIOUSLY
Fish below small wave SHAKE
Game with nickel? Let me see another metal POLONIUM
Increased fear striking area and earlier English knight MORDRED
Note refusal to talk about current ability to recover RESILIENCE
Online pest backed harvests, taking in millions repeatedly SPAMMER
Part from mixing-desk randomly placed over singers NARKS
Perfect example of ship; sea too turbulent APOTHEOSIS
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Pioneer not occupying any vessels with soldiers INNOVATOR
Power held by overworked principal STAPLE
Quick-tempered snoop keeps recording games PEPPERY
Quiet increase involving tax, one to remove from state control PRIVATISE
Repeating seasickness pills like this would be counterproductive? ADNAUSEAM
Salesman with cooking container inverted lid TOPPER
Seeming suitable for play, yet Loki is miscast TOYLIKE
Shade found behind trees on a sunny day? SKYBLUE
Sheep skin originally used in rug for alluring actress MAEWEST
Shoddy stuff aimed at big dictionary covered with ink TATTOOED
Sound of cycle traffic PEDDLE
Threshold is set back for particle separator SIEVE
Trendy, wearing finely-woven cape turned up, but unsentimental? CYNICAL
Vehicle with uranium in its front: wasting energy, true, but good for climate? CARBONNEUTRAL
Young swimmer always circling loch ELVER