The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 373 - November 17, 2001

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A bridge player bringing in new one, bearded to the utmost? AWNIEST
Airline adopted by newly rich? LYRIC
Alert: my lawyer's agent is working to entrap the Navy EARLYWARNINGSYSTEM
Almost skipped, carrying gold in bag SPORRAN
Alpine disaster, I declare, will trap English female ICEFALL
Antonio, the gondola salesman? THEMERCHANTOFVENICE
Astonishing excavation? Dead ordinary inside MINDBENDING
Austrian songs less exciting without first including line LANDLER
Author continues to evade, offering no end of trouble DODGSON
Bird taking in one sudden movement in growth of vines VITICULTURE
Blokes? Only half of them tucking into cooked meal and cheese EMMENTHAL
Book: want to block publication, initially? It's a problem of mine BLACKDAMP
Change form of support: regret bringing in Conservative routine, on reflection RESTRUCTURE
Cinemas are reshaping English into Hollywood-speak? AMERICANESE
Cleansing actions pause - no dirt gets shifted DEPURATIONS
Dicky and I in the planes - Jumbos? INDIANELEPHANTS
Exotic fruit Paul hybridised with grapes SUGARAPPLE
Fabric - chap one-third darned, then left area with hole KENDALGREEN
Failing to stay: factor in horse's performance? GOING
Flustered denials via book? Not recommended INADVISABLE
Fury about new ballot, we hear? It's a feature in survey RANGEPOLE
Get carpentry just right? (3,3,4,2,3,4) HITTHENAILONTHEHEAD
Get wind of assassin throttling King - one's laid out in front of fire HEARTHRUG
Girl instructed to defend her own musical? ANNIEGETYOURGUN
Griffith's film's lacking in understanding TOLERANCE
Gun going off in test was worrying in survey NOTBEING
Head European, a tall, thin person BEANPOLE
Increases affection for ultimate musical tastes ENDEARS
It obscures shifting baselines without right BLEARINESS
Judge, say, runs into row TRIER
Keep on putting us volunteers in the wrong SUSTAIN
Keep pets out for a quiet life? LETSLEEPINGDOGSLIE
Limp, following accident (not half) in peaks of Lake District FLACCID
Make new changes in her sofa REFASHION
Makes new laws - reckons to secure return of pistol easily, at first REREGULATES
Making observation about British and English in death? CHICAGO
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Metal bird seen in abbey TINTERN
More obscure plan to invest in Bart's, receiving treatment ABSTRUSER
Moving feet rhythmically, left and right, varying mood, showing poise on both sides BALLROOMDANCING
Multi-event contests held up - Irish county failing to finish second PENTATHLONS
Nasal devices about to be used in treatment of nose - or hips, strangely RHINOSCOPES
New articles initially for one canteen NAAFI
Nurse's assumption: p.m. wrong for drugs IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
Nuts about daughter of Parisian? Nuts to the greatest degree MADDEST
One crazy to receive President's contribution INPUT
One in suit, getting ornamental stud, remains in jeweller's DIAMONDDUST
Perilous and upsetting, not being in opposition? UNPOLARISED
Play showing thorny aspects of helping others? ANDROCLESANDTHELION
Praise for pair rising in part of theatre PLAUDIT
Regret including penny (English) as foreign currency RUPEE
Replaced sea-vessels bound to receive exclamation of annoyance SUBSTITUTED
Risking dumping no good flow measure VENTURI
Risqué gal, rude about most of country being unable to produce hormones? EGLANDULAR
Roman city's splendour - one that is taken up POMPEII
Rumour is suppressed by most of the antis NOISE
Sex, with teen lads, possibly has a prominent position EXALTEDNESS
Small piece of rigging to dangle round edges of yachts TRYSAIL
Soft, and likely to become flexible PLIABLE
They resolve to do away with equality TIEBREAKS
They're indicated by characters framing Gondoliers GILBERTANDSULLIVAN
Timepieces needing a wind? DANDELIONCLOCKS
Title - or tittle, literally interpreted? BARONET
Tragic heroine - exclamation about Prince's connected with Shakespeare's adaptor OPHELIA
Tries again to be attractive, breaking into tears, sadly REATTEMPTS
Turn bun when cooking - so it'll be this? UNBURNT
Upset - article's horrific, nothing less ANGRY
US city smart in the past TRIANGULATE
Various flounderings aroused mistaken ideas of competence? DELUSIONSOFGRANDEUR
Vast knowledge seen in comic that's funny OMNISCIENCE
Winter vehicle I catch in motion with the old climbing aboard ICEYACHT
Work a little time in a sleazy bar, of one's own choice ADOPTIVE
Wrong long time turning up is still wrong ILLEGAL