The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27830

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About to open grape juice and the Spanish wine MUSCATEL
After temperature’s dropped, arrange prizes for facing the waves SEAWARDS
Albatross, for one, is out of sorts below par
Awful about death — they hang PENDANTS
Book presenting facts: not the first time RUTH
Cleopatra was girly in the extreme in brief fancy panties EGYPTIAN
Distress as inspector for example crosses motorway DISMAY
Following music, look at prominent organ pop-eye
Food baked brown, the first thing to open? TANDOORI
Former adversary deprived of work, a symbol of power EXPONENT
Given a turn newly on a rota in committee, at first like Pre-Raphaelite painting NATURALISTIC
Halves of beer to begin with one’s put round party BISECTS
Handle blow, retreating KNOB
It may need clipping again, left wild AGNAIL
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Journalist’s announcement to create awe IMPRESS
Look into organised group intending to be obstructive bloody-minded
Name: Hilary, for example TERM
On call, not every girl: certainly no aristocrat working-class
Only Charlie is beginning to make an embarrassing mistake SOLECISM
People putting on plays including grand shocks STAGGERS
Pretty girls having twinges after exercising PEACHES
Respectful gesture as second warning may be heard SALAAM
Rubbish ravenously eaten — I approve GOBBLEDEGOOK
Scheme by one engineer after attack artillery repulsed ARTIFICE
Show horror as southern half of Yorkshire town wiped out SHUDDER
Very fine inhaler I misused HAIRLINE
What can refresh one’s day, coming in mostly sluggish LEMONADE
Young woman shorn of resistance finally consented: don’t do this to Lily! GILD