The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 549 - October 30, 2004

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Clues Answers
A craving for drink's fine for husband to begin with ATFIRST
Always following female in an excited state FEVER
Analyst of election big picture has to include Liberal left POLLSTER
Award of knighthood that's definitely not for the spineless ORDEROFTHETHISTLE
Bakery turned out about a couple of rounds as an annual product YEARBOOK
Behaving unusually like a resting actor? OUTOFCHARACTER
British award that would shortly grace Swiss car? COMPANIONOFHONOUR
Choosing a government building that's left for queen ELECTION
Contusion, black coming up around urchin's head BRUISING
Danger signal in the manner of jolly stag's cry ALARMBELL
Doctor Caius' office producing the desired result EFFICACIOUS
Dog, and not people, to stray into block of seats NORFOLKTERRIER
Dominant position of philosopher, almost getting millions over year HEGEMONY
Endless commotion over one or several burial places TUMULI
Energy minds may develop? DYNAMISM
Face judge with odd man of great influence PANJANDRUM
Facilitate removing line from property contract EASE
Food from Yellow Sea (foreign)? ORMER
Game graduate starts on interpreting yawnworthy and turgid Persian verses RUBAIYAT
Game of football making you come back lighter? RETURNMATCH
Girl finds time for wine CLARET
Girl with iron flask CARAFE
He's involved with all arms a queen's admitted EARLMARSHAL
History file is used initially in preparation for this TV programme THISISYOURLIFE
I name awful court that's not straight INDIRECT
It isn't a contaminant TAINT
Like sound to drive one out, confined in a small volume ACOUSTIC
Lover of Swann who read the great Proust tome finally? ODETTE
Lower classes impair revolutionary political step DEMARCHE
Member of the nobility exercises Queen PEER
Clues Answers
Mercian king of note OFFA
Miriam extremely tired out by this period of pregnancy? MIDTERM
Mother of three French kings, by corrupt deceit I am enriched CATHERINEDEMEDICI
Nailsea set back with minor damage, affected by the wind AEOLIAN
Not one or the other I put in lower down NEITHER
Note keen desire to give up DITCH
Number of coppers falling? PENNIESFROMHEAVEN
Overseeing purveyors is problematic SUPERVISORY
Prohibited reversing around old submarine UBOAT
Punjabi city, forever astir, maybe partly rising AMRITSAR
Queer Street leads finally into prison STRANGEWAYS
Record dance, but one might have a few feet on it TAPEMEASURE
Right fuss about one broadcasting station RADIO
Roll for toasting's not in warming cover MUFF
Second time I note recurring theme MOTIF
See if flight cooked up kosher meal, perhaps? GEFILTEFISH
Serving flyer has sorties rearranged AIRHOSTESS
Singing from Cambridge - Nielsen, regularly CANTABILE
Small infection a disappointment, we hear, in potentially new life GERMCELL
Snooker tactic? Yes - fast breaking, currently popular SAFETYSHOT
Stiffness of stone part of bridge STARCH
Succeeded during consumer festival EASTER
Such rolls filled with food DININGCAR
Superficially rough, yet hum the essence of some music? RHYTHM
The answer is wrong here (but the clue's accurate) INCORRECT
Two men sacrificed animal VICTIM
Usual solemnity is funny at the same time SIMULTANEOUSLY
What Big Apple marathoners do with too much liquid RUNNY
What may come as a blow for motorists BREATHTEST
Youth worker most curates found rather weird SCOUTMASTER