The Times - Cryptic - Bank Holiday Jumbo 558 - December 27, 2004

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Clues Answers
Agreed means of access to party in Stoke? No way OKEYDOKE
Bachelor in very strange attempt at conciliation OLIVEBRANCH
Battle scene ... er ... after start of drama? ACTIUM
Bogart is terrific in part as nightclub entertainer? ARTISTE
Boy holding breath in Wiltshire town SWINDON
Clinic out of action in Isle of Wight town SANDOWN
Correct version finally appearing in morning edition AMEND
Delighted boys go out with me GLADSOME
Dissolute society girl longed to imbibe last of Cointreau DEBAUCHED
Don't take census requirements lying down - make views known (5,2,3,2,7) STANDUPANDBECOUNTED
Fashionable fellow consumes claret with one bit of meal? INGREDIENT
Film buff's wicked deed talked about at festival briefly CINEASTE
Film featured in very early edition of newspaper? MIDNIGHTEXPRESS
Foreign dish Texan ate for starters, served with lettuce TACOS
Frustrated after Democrat leader is chosen for office DISAPPOINTED
Girl bringing in French cheese is an angel GABRIEL
Gran is shaking, needing a drink SANGRIA
Happened to live near stretch of moorland BEFELL
He's cultured, sporty type HEARTY
Heard principal songs by Schumann? LIEDER
I will display two kinds of energy EGO
I'm forced, you might say, to offer advance payment IMPREST
I'm inclined to follow companion from South American country CHILEAN
In endless quarrel, beginning of Arabs' direct action INTIFADA
In the end, sat back, having a cup of coffee DEMITASSE
Information about a breed of dog GRIFFON
Irishman brought up wine - Pat carted it round? MAILSACK
Maybe video a judge? RECORDER
Measure of progress, making millennium building safe all round PEDOMETER
Military unit of men filled with a bit of spirit? MANIPLE
Milky tea - call for a stir LACTEAL
Clues Answers
Mischief maker and VIP socialise together HOBNOB
Models mountain mass backing up to river EXEMPLA
Money finally lost in old gambling den CASINO
Music teacher's method fine to introduce in exotic locations TONICSOLFA
Near entrance to park locate wild animal POLECAT
News agency secures a thousand jobs TASKS
Note Italian's first to bottle a new kind of wine CHIANTI
Officer making warlike sound after nearly losing outer clothing EARLMARSHAL
On the one hand, this entertainer's all there GLOVEPUPPET
One who's rather naughty regarding painting technique IMPASTO
Part of bone, one bandaged by specially trained temp nurse EPISTERNUM
Plant, a yellowish-brown colour, say, on the outside TANSY
Pledge to accept universal measure GAUGE
Poison spreading in this location, a distant region IONOSPHERE
Post-doctorate examination? THIRDDEGREE
Prepare deck for dance SHUFFLE
Prohibition placed on females in Canadian location BANFF
Prophet and priest rejected pilgrimage ELIJAH
Rather smart bar is installed in church CLEVERISH
Realise pop music upset clergyman DISCOVER
Resin's endless deficiency LAC
Several tax years, in a manner of speaking INDICTION
Showbiz awards put back in showcase immediately EMMIES
Sixteen across, revised as hereunder UNREHEARSED
Sweet-talk the committee, using visual aid FLANNELBOARD
Tacit understanding this will reduce building costs? FREEMASONRY
Trade in share options in pension? BEDANDBREAKFAST
Upstanding worker wraps garment for empress TSARINA
Uses trickery, bringing horse into line at entrance to stable FINAGLES
Whence hair could be removed without previous thought (3,3,3,2,4,4) OFFTHETOPOFONESHEAD
Zurich inhabitant lost in the vale HELVETIAN