The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26005 - January 26, 2015

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A Native American holding silicon to be frictional ABRASIVE
Capital excessively used to tour the Bluegrass state TOKYO
Chaste woman's way to cut meat VESTAL
County once reached by hiker with rosy disposition YORKSHIRE
Crowd in ferry port runs almost to the front DROVE
Deterioration concerning northern Scandinavians, reportedly RELAPSE
Dominance by select group? Priest's first to moan about it ELITISM
Eg a pledge the Spanish spelt out VOWEL
Fine specimen sometimes put before queen? BEAUTY
Former prison bosses initially show competence on horseback BRIDEWELL
Lovingly protect companion quietly leaving to die CHERISH
Loyal companion champion's taken around Panama, for example ACHATES
Male sea eagle circling island ERNIE
Nab individual pinching key part of skeleton COLLARBONE
Naval commander unknown to be so trite CORNY
Old instrument foreign spy used to secure change PSALTERY
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Old railwaymen given points to look after NURSE
Order regularly observed in leading article? REIN
Pack taken from Inverness to Wick STOW
Passing a couple of poles, I plunged into river TRANSIENT
People with dog in Brands Hatch, perhaps RACETRACK
Person who's worried, perhaps, about aircraft controller? AILERON
Pirate Hannay's creator talked of incessantly to poets BUCCANEER
Prisoner's anger about initiator of Popish Plot? CONSPIRE
Quick note about joint of meat BRISKET
Scoop journalists will ultimately spread around coastal resort SHOVEL
Shellfish — one consumed by a friend of Pickwick PERIWINKLE
Slow to a trot, as it were, seeing source of drink DECANTER
Spiritual leader's ban upset bishop on island RABBI
Very old duke keeps active at first: that's the spirit! VODKA
Where Juan possibly lives, in the same place up river IBERIA
Woman loses head, barmy about Bacchanalian song DITHYRAMB