The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 621 - January 14, 2006

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Accident of war Betjeman would have welcomed in Slough? FRIENDLYFIRE
Bird, snack for old Jordanian MOABITE
Book a restaurant? Can be achieved GETTABLE
Capitalist writing two articles about the province ATHENIAN
Case with tenner, perhaps, that driver might need COVERNOTE
Collector rakes in pounds for gaolbird FLETCHER
Compelling to be helpful OBLIGING
Conspirator hiding in America's captured CASCA
Creep? You said it, feller YESMAN
Displaying a strong rage AFIRE
Drink best businessman can tap into LAPTOP
Embryonic layer in comet, red, bubbling ECTODERM
Failure just given by mean teacher NEARMISS
Fixer will bring back a partner for Joan shortly BRAD
Footballers use meadow to north east LEYTONORIENT
Give account of popular opinion INVOICE
Giving someone the clap APPLAUDING
Good covering of paint gone in one second IMPASTO
Goodness! County councillor finally elected as this? LORDMAYOR
Ground level, to be fair PLAYINGFIELD
Hail blowing violently - mean to emerge from it AVERAGING
He did philosophy in a group of universities RUSSELL
Hear Cockney is replete? That was painless EASEFUL
Heathen finding different place for new knife PANGA
Here shows the general method BROADWAY
Hold up short pages for the rest of the crew SHORELEAVE
I heard top reshuffle got Paris's approval APHRODITE
I left out Goethe's heroine in cut FILETMIGNON
I will pass gum around, a small sweet PASTILLE
Clues Answers
Identifies bird calls RINGS
Instrument, not easy, finally abandoned by girl HARMONICA
Left in bubble-wrap, in better shape? SLIMMER
Makes the running to secure titled woman ESTHER
Mountain area, but smooth at first ATHOS
Name that was sacred to Coleridge RALPH
Northern bishop in no particular line ANCESTRY
Nursemaid so prim - nappy needs changing MARYPOPPINS
On the road, solid traffic's not foreseen BLACKICE
One dragging newly-wed around grand sight in the capital TOWERBRIDGE
Over a mile to pilot vessel STEAMER
Petty officer everybody objected to SMALLMINDED
Phaetons, perhaps, or just one carriage STANHOPE
Press ahead developing points of attack SPEARHEADS
Raised here, strange issue of Met horses needing resolution FOSTERHOMES
Reparation not unknown in home of piracy PENANCE
Repeatedly evade having to organise a few drinks RUNAROUND
Role students rejected in conservatory SUNTRAP
Sarah is bowled over by him SILAS
Sex altogether a failure for Hamlet? He blamed his mother (7,3,4,2,5) FRAILTYTHYNAMEISWOMAN
Some whisky perhaps for slimy type SLUG
Stars had porridge just right to eat LITTLEBEAR
Start to appreciate courage - be emotionally affected TAKETOHEART
Superficially read page - be hasty SKIMP
Support maximum intake to supply vacancy BACKFILL
What Burke and Hare did held regret, not oddly, for poet ROBERTGRAVES
What rounds our lives out? ASLEEP
Who were the two in the green cornfield, in the bardic ditty? (2,3,1,5,3,3,4) ITWASALOVERANDHISLASS
Without particular target, awaiting capture ATLARGE