The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27893

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A pastoral letter: some felt it useful TITUS
Acknowledgment hard bread must be sent back hat tip
After exercise, painful, take top off lotion for such lovely skin peaches and cream
Assistant keeps son out of the way ASIDE
Boy quivered, intermittently showing filthy greed CUPIDITY
Building work noise dealt with next EXTENSION
Don’t budge, being too drunk to stand up? sit tight
Electrician is avoiding risk in baths SPARKS
Examiner buttons lip for a term TRIMESTER
Fountain: in it tossed up clergyman TREVI
Giant man comes in to pour tea without hesitation BEHEMOTH
God takes a long time turning over ancient city HORUS
Got nurse cooking large fish STURGEON
Half of capital being lost is a nuisance PEST
Homer perhaps with good information about Odysseus’s origin PIGEON
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It gets people mixing cocktail ingredient right into tumbler ICEBREAKER
Just over three foot channels, note, are direct IMMEDIATE
Modest offering from overseas university: English MITE
More white people in the leading position before PEARLIER
Nothing missing from a different part of plant ANTHER
One chirping adds some weight to conversation STONECHAT
Physicist’s unusually strong backing graduate receives ANGSTROM
Reasonably decide to reverse charge, one set in stone see fit
Rehearse chapter at start of Thessalonians during worship PRACTISE
Sharpness was effective cutting very fine line ACERBITY
Sort of glass construction in the sea PIER
Stand for body keeping our people in additional employment BUSIER
Times has often run leaders as “The Thunderer” THOR
Vicar’s adequate stipend? living wage