The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 554 - December 4, 2004

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Aid reduced by church body CHASSIS
At short notice, turned the tables, perhaps DATA
Attend a fight with the coach - hard to avoid getting involved BEATABOUTTHEBUSH
Awfully long wait for the rest of the travellers on railway WAGONLIT
Coming into view without one American poet EMERSON
Communist I spotted in deserted street LEFTIST
Consider English king liberal, as exception to rule COUNTEREXAMPLE
Contents of thick vessel producing minor problem HICCUP
Creatures of our imagination - in places of entertainment, that is FAIRIES
Cutting this flower makes one happy GLADIOLUS
Devoted followers collectively cool down strike FANCLUB
Director takes French author around university GUIDE
Excited by following a kind of battle, attacked PITCHEDINTO
Experienced veteran Caribbean group calls up WISEMAN
Express frustration with obstruction and start second group LETOFFSTEAM
Fantastic Dutch artist talking nonsense BOSCH
Femme fatale called up (outside line) DELILAH
Frankfurters may be dipped here, for the most part INTHEMAIN
French including false statement in leaflet FLIER
Importance of island welcoming English WEIGHT
In all directions, soldiers go downhill WORSEN
In Scottish island, hope initially to raise capital HANOI
Influence nobody else can exert on one AUTOSUGGESTION
Instrument for string section - and wind AEOLIANHARP
Instrumentalist - fine musician FLUTER
Is one involved in former prisoner's removal? EXCISION
Italian in delicate translation of dialogue SUBTITLE
Knitted one at a time to cover child, primarily MATINEECOAT
Learner points out what human relations are INTERPERSONAL
Legally hinder removal from assizes to prison ESTOP
Lifted thick cheese in cloth TAFFETA
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Logical thinker helping with a record RATIONALIST
Loud birdcall audibly represented in Eastern poetry HAIKU
Material that passes between English and Scottish banks TWEED
Metal shortly found central to health ALUMINIUM
Neat plane Hindi designed - Jumbo for Asians INDIANELEPHANT
On edge of shore, one seabird or another SMEW
Poetry written in the capacity of tutor QUATRAIN
Political idealist, say, got off with kind of heresy EGALITARIAN
Position during evasive manoeuvre INSTALL
Put on expensive coat, say, in club GUILD
Rarely cook less than 500 duck UNDERDO
Record of players' performances in music paper SCORESHEET
Remove last bits of marl in pot, say, for plant MARIPOSA
Replace over one hundred for petitioner SUPPLICANT
Run into group for combined meal BRUNCH
Seeds - lots the wind scattered THISTLEDOWN
Seen and referenced, or put in place, we hear SIGHTED
Share expenses with partner after game GODUTCH
Small group allowed to go on tour TRIPLET
So-called old lady, a paragon of security BANKOFENGLAND
Soldiers' turn in lines WHEEL
Son, smart and socially pretentious SNOBBY
State of wife, sanctimonious after a little drink MISSISSIPPI
Suggest union could be quite honest, following report POPTHEQUESTION
Team-leader led astray in circles for so long! TOODLEOO
To circumvent murder, divulge information immediately! OUTWITHIT
Totally ignore wound? Exactly! CUTDEAD
Type who joins in endless fun if I err UNIFIER
Undesirable person said to move quickly BADNEWS
Way to link banks with doubt over regular payment contract, say SUSPENSIONBRIDGE
World engulfed in nuclear threat EARTH