The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 23881 - April 7, 2008

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... to support climbing book that's controversial EMOTIVE
As a ground-breaker, I would need to be surrounded by support PIONEER
Be in stitches, or in need of them? SPLITONESSIDES
Canine, for example, takes cocaine and heroin TOOTH
Carouse, with very little left WASSAIL
Cast a florist's paper out PLASTEROFPARIS
Country upon which the sky falls THENETHERLANDS
Damaged weir interrupting flow of Trent is replaced in different form REWRITTEN
Develop Lichfield's first snap GROWL
Encounter with right girl on bridge RUNACROSS
First of new growth, all in olive tree NGAIO
Following a track uphill ASCENT
Having joined one liner, I sack crew in reorganisation WISECRACK
Having no object, I have disembarked en route ... INTRANSIT
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Heard Edward in a state? On the contrary TRIED
Holy man gets cold and damp exposed to the elements - a hint of things to come STRAWINTHEWIND
Knotted mass of seaweed TANGLE
Leave man without sentimental liaison GOBETWEEN
Male footballer taking a cut HEWING
Mobile ringtone is a gas NITROGEN
Part of city, not country SUNDER
Philistine's wild blow starts brawl LOWBROW
Relation employed in public enterprise OPERATION
Rig is to scale GETUP
Stock up on various groups for game PEEKABOO
The globe spun, as some would say WORLD
Unpleasant look's returned to modern current events programme NEWSREEL
With month over, the French increase dramatically SEPTUPLE