The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 22217 - December 7, 2002

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A musical essential - I got it from Gershwin RHYTHM
Artist's meditative technique oddly swapped GOYA
Blind, not positioned to pick up sound UNSIGHTED
Cause to slow down in thicket BRAKE
Dissolute type - his conduct makes a lot of money RAKESIN
Divers in France you must keep nearly dry VARIOUS
Expend energy, knocking over dinosaur EXERT
Extremely unpleasant wine found in pleasant home NASTIEST
Good-natured, holding old way to be sustainable AFFORDABLE
Half a chance rugby competition won't start EVENS
He warned Caesar, so to speak, in alternative case SOOTHSAYER
Hope city goddess from Rome will reveal sacred writings ZENDAVESTA
Island sounds like heaven SKYE
Lend ten quid, almost reforming young offender DELINQUENT
Like a ring? Girl maintains extremely unusual resistance ANNULAR
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Might it provide pensions to Tongans? FRIENDLYSOCIETY
Mount semi-precious stone JADE
Murder penalty imposed on drunkard on drug is not generally understood ESOTERIC
Old province provided some good writing in the past OTAGO
Passionate kissing without limits in spirited measure NOGGIN
Potter's equipment obtained from plants with credit BROOMSTICK
Prophet needs a couple of seconds AMOS
Putting on cheerful aspect, raised breakfast order SUNNYSIDEUP
Seized gold, capturing ship on sea ASSUMED
She's entitled to take a month to replace big beast's pound MARCHIONESS
Symbolic way to take dictator's speech SHORTHAND
Thesaurus includes word for man tricked by kid brother ESAU
Use knife, perhaps, in widely-publicised protest OPENLETTER
Weed perhaps needs to take some exercise DOPE