The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25727 - March 6, 2014

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A couple of bishops with sacred books for monastic leader ABBOT
Author article bringing unexpected benefit MANNA
Creature that's supposedly drunk, but not always legless NEWT
Cross religious group put in ground initially INTERSECT
Discovering minister with part of our capital REVEALING
First write two or three letters, usually INITIAL
Flies national leader around capital MOSQUITOES
For these heavy sleepers, clean room kept in reserve? DORMICE
Frame badly and hang crookedly in part of Ireland FERMANAGH
Friend abandoned Rome or another Italian city PALERMO
Greek goddess in scattered Meissen collection NEMESIS
Knowing another's mind, however, and putting one's foot down THOUGHTREADING
Likely to sink, and did sink? HOLED
Not good enough, as units damaged workplace UNSATISFACTORY
Organized criminals, if I am so bad MAFIOSI
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Prepared in advance and arranged around organ FOREARMED
Producers of some pictures, and so on, belonging to female ETCHERS
Release Duke, having mistreated his grace DISCHARGE
River bottom as place for experimental trials TESTBED
Security device the point of which isn't clear when it works SAFETYPIN
Share a property with a lot of salmon? Somewhat COHABIT
Shining silver base AGLOW
Smile more falsely as part of restaurant staff SOMMELIER
Something worn in Amritsar, India SARI
Speak without any qualification UTTER
Split, with little time to join together RIVET
State organized data collection? That's not bound to happen AVERTABLE
Tell, for example, leaders of striking workers if stoppage's suspended SWISS
Unattached daughter is English and no longer young DISENGAGED
Warm temperature in front of kiln TOAST