The Times - Concise - Times2 Jumbo 297 - September 20, 2008

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(Having) consumed too much OVEREATEN
(Of voice) rough, harsh HOARSE
Act independently GOONESOWNWAY
Act of retaliation REPRISAL
Astronaut SPACEMAN
Bizarre SURREAL
Boat's steering bar TILLER
Brave, heroic GALLANT
Class favourite TEACHERSPET
Completely consumed, exhausted USEDUP
Copying/colouring process DYELINE
County town on the river Dee CHESTER
Cropped up AROSE
Deprive of prominence ECLIPSE
Ecuadorean currency; sugar (French) SUCRE
Exceed (allowed time/cost) OVERRUN
Extravagantly theatrical OPERATIC
Fluff on which some seeds fly THISTLEDOWN
Fodder plant ALFALFA
Former US president LINCOLN
Jerome K. Jerome book (5,3,2,1,4) THREEMENINABOAT
Lacking foresight IMPROVIDENT
Liverpool football club EVERTON
Looking at with interest EYING
Make a series of spitting or choking sounds SPLUTTER
Money a country owes NATIONALDEBT
Money demanded for release RANSOM
Moving swiftly RACING
Non-work activity LEISURE
Not as long SHORTER
Not clearly expressed OBSCURE
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One given menial tasks DOGSBODY
One making explanatory notes ANNOTATOR
One possessing estate LANDOWNER
Packing material EXPANDEDPOLYSTYRENE
Phrase often introducing an objection ALLVERYWELL
Place name TOPONYM
Pleasure trip OUTING
Politically biased information PROPAGANDA
Protective garment APRON
Put (something) out of one's mind BRUSHUNDERTHECARPET
Russian hero featuring in 1938 Eisenstein film ALEXANDERNEVSKY
Section of musical work MOVEMENT
Skin at foot of nail CUTICLE
Soluble case containing medicine CAPSULE
Sound combining two vowels DIPHTHONG
Spiced rice dish PILAU
Stomach, belly GUT
Strange person WEIRDO
The highest level TOPFLIGHT
To and — FRO
Town in Jersey SAINTHELIER
Transmitted several signals on one channel MULTIPLEXED
Trifling item TRIVIALITY
Turn away, prevent AVERT
Type of melon CANTALOUPE
Type of paint finish EGGSHELL
Unbroken view of an area PANORAMA
Unrelated, irrelevant EXTRANEOUS
Use the wrong keyboard keys MISTYPE
Variety of marrow COURGETTE
Want strongly DESIRE