The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 22548 - December 31, 2003

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A doctor leads American rebel into trap AMBUSCADE
A long letter AITCH
An instrument pardoning a criminal GRANDPIANO
Aquatic creature found in fashionable river HIPPO
Ardent deity gets a look-in ZEALOUS
Bill is able to sing well INVOICE
By the sound of it, nondescript recording made by primate GREATAPE
Car key that endlessly gets misplaced by author THACKERAY
City said to symbolise tin ESSEN
Consortium supplying fuel - large quantity I received COALITION
Contract cutie to be draped round car DIMINISH
Currently, volunteers working in school are upset over envy ATPRESENT
Debit me with any fresh charge from hospital for this AMENITYBED
Fellow makes crack - the cheek of it! CHAP
Incorporating three-quarters of scale in retrograde motion, write music out NOTATHOME
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International organisation enrols one new country NATION
Judge a part of school curriculum to be a joke JAPE
Kneeler gets hit HASSOCK
Note book always turned up BREVE
Part of Asia that is being encouraged to supply leaders TIBET
Processed ricin isn't essential INTRINSIC
See chintz designed by a philosopher NIETZSCHE
Shabby seat for bishop, with metallic symbol SEEDY
Statute brought up and introduced to expel pariah OUTCAST
Steps taken to drop a letter LAMBDA
Vicar about to back one making sign of the cross VOTER
Weakened so, channel swimmer has less distance to cover (and one finishes!) ATALOWEBB
Were the Corn Laws so contrary to nature? AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
Wolf seen in Lakeland AKELA
Yorkshire hostility directed towards Westminster, for instance - that's novel NORTHANGERABBEY