The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 22569 - January 24, 2004

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A stance taken up by story-teller AESOP
Ancient pine, with a 50% reduction in leaves LONGAGO
Bad luck mostly right for dogmatic type HARDLINER
Bag, antiquated, dumped in atrium HOLDALL
Clothing beginning to warrant attention WEAR
Destination of a citrus Alan can try out? ALIMENTARYCANAL
Discover poet's northern LEARN
English girl's little time in Baltic state ESTONIA
Fall down following cut? FLOP
Footwear: unusually pleased about one getting into both shoes? ESPADRILLE
Frenchman, without someone to go out with, in city flat PIEDATERRE
Genuine non-British playwright ECHT
Incite ape to go round top of tree STIMULATE
Many are caught out with regard to its opening day APRIL
Mug, one among trainee officers, acting without thinking? ROBOTIC
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Name given to a scold, reflecting temper, primarily? TERMAGANT
Observe roles set up in support of time-keeper WATCHSTRAP
One may fire a churchman after a hearing CANNON
Performer's agent not offering lead? ACTOR
Pooter all confused with name of Victorian novelist TROLLOPEAN
Puppies, black, in waste container LITTERBIN
Regular process curtailing border control CUSTOM
Roll without a filling - not initially unpleasant ROTTEN
Sadly upset over mark on one meat product SALAMI
Sailor, framed in gentle, faint illumination STARLIGHT
Sporting activity which could provide a moving column? TOSSINGTHECABER
Stick with church set BATCH
The French tongue's off - here's lobster LANGOUSTE
This writer's penning line: children's writer? MILNE
Weasel words implying insufficiency of backbone? SPIN