The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 806 - March 28, 2009

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... beat back a dumb dog MALAMUTE
A right pain, study — I missed a feature of trees! ARBORESCENCE
Accounts showing advance payments covering City function ANECDOTES
Allowed to be beheaded? That's terrible! AWFUL
Bloomer made by English soldier visiting Italian city AQUILEGIA
Bump off escort TAKEOUT
Bury party member under wide shrub WINTERGREEN
Capital vehicle carrying European lad up river BUENOSAIRES
Comparatively light-hearted, but getting the wind up more BREEZIER
Dispute involving a number of dukes FISTICUFFS
Domestic reportedly reached right vehicle in group MAIDSERVANT
Extremely useful, unlike an amalgam filling (5,4,6,2,4) WORTHONESWEIGHTINGOLD
Female left in shade, one inept at sport FUMBLER
Freeload rugs once assembled SCROUNGE
French army officer used ferry regularly in revolution DREYFUS
Good-for-nothing sheltered by Portobello's elite LOSEL
Having unquenchable ambition, led astray INDOMITABLE
Holding top of crosier, horribly curse any refusal to attend church RECUSANCY
Hole measuring very little — an inch, say? EYELET
Impoverished group leader in record company's books INDIGENT
Impressionist acting in New York Opera MONET
In private he enjoyed a laugh TEHEE
Large vessel an 11 knocked over in the Maypole, say? INDIAMAN
Let-down from old clown unknown outside Peruvian capital ANTICLIMAX
Liberated continent setting aside first area for plant FREESIA
Little picture showing cricket, excluding Compton's first stroke? INSET
Melbourne was a prime example of one — twice! MINISTER
Member pinching silver that is required for ring MAGPIE
Mexican Indian's last letter received by an investigator AZTEC
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Militant presenting view shortly after start of play ACTIVIST
Most substantial lager drunk on way LARGEST
Novel covered by bona fide extension of loan period RENEWAL
Obligation beginning to ruin bank TIER
Oddly, their crop is ancient PREHISTORIC
One gets even a priest beginning to gall a monarch AVENGER
One in severe ignorance initially supporting graduate teacher MAHARISHI
One starts in Italian state picking up rubbish INITIATOR
Organ part produced by churchwarden after audible complaint? FLUEPIPE
Part of flag French statesman drops in lake PETAL
Part of the staff mistaken employers may get hold of? (3,5,3,2,3,5) THEWRONGENDOFTHESTICK
Pass into another body, treating arms differently TRANSMIGRATE
Period of instruction pupils may have in hot weather? LESSON
President's charge for the Boston area LINCOLNSHIRE
Provide quarters? Exactly ENDUE
Remove illumination from most of rich? Charming! DELIGHTFUL
Rudimentary transport system rejected by foot-soldiers INFANT
Run over husband delivering coarse gravel SHINGLE
Sane old nurse's brother possibly taken with the French SENSIBLE
Set up a trading centre in Latvia RIGA
Something fishy about this method of climbing? HERRINGBONE
Stormy outcome of bawdy lines about saint BLUSTERY
Surrounded by a lot of birdsong, aim and shoot TENDRIL
The Dog and Duck? It's where wild animals drink WATERINGHOLE
Through which one may listen to an organ composition? EARPIECE
Well-adjusted ship's officer — an Arab, perhaps STABLEMATE
When speaking, observed topless European building worker SPIDERMAN
Wine caused Gershwin to ... MADEIRA
Worked in a particular field, like unsuccessful examinees? PLOUGHED