The Times - Cryptic - Bank Holiday Jumbo 849 - December 24, 2009

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Clues Answers
Attractive fellow from Gdansk possibly making a point far from home MAGNETICPOLE
Aussie chum, about fifty, may be a snob COBBLER
Bags of manure pa's to spread around one end of allotment PORTMANTEAUS
Begin to abandon church — time to offer criticism? COMMENT
Bird going between a lake and a hill, a dynamo ALTERNATOR
Bit of a pig? That's it, to a T! TROTTER
Bond brings this person into a bit of money CEMENT
Broadcaster and doctor in group of celebs with a passion ALISTAIRCOOKE
Conquerors taking unoccupied territory, land abandoned across river NORMANS
Copes with lots of drunken sailors and keeps excellent discipline RUNSATIGHTSHIP
Disgust engendered by a superior mansion in Durham? NAUSEATE
Dramatic ace coming across in the carefully honed message THESPIAN
Drink could make one be naughty in fling SHERRY
English composer sitting on a German cow HOLSTEIN
Exhibition rep who hasn't yet given up may be getting nowhere ATASTANDSTILL
Expression of man after orchestral piece has stopped halfway through SYMPTOM
Fabric is protected by short strip of wood BATISTE
Film star given no credit, sadly, for component of American policy MONROEDOCTRINE
Flexible lines, slanting mostly inside VERSATILE
Flower Queen, darling taking the year off RHONE
Freedom in additional note to present trite comments PLATITUDES
Friend entertaining one lad with film in apartment MAISONETTE
Function as the opposition party BEANO
Furious about old people's decline INCANDESCENT
Ground for house LORDS
I'll get stuck in the bank endlessly, a long-suffering type STOIC
Idiot grabbing the old woman in store AMASS
Impotent Rome, a destroyed superpower now gone OTTOMANEMPIRE
Innocent type almost starting a row in monasteries LAMASERIES
Insect in, say, border plant EGLANTINE
Clues Answers
Mass invasion of pitch by any number TONNE
Member of family tries to be silly under the stairs STEPSISTER
Nautical rope hit seamen in accident MAINSHEET
Official in a sort of ruff REEVE
On crane it swings, at the docks? CONTAINER
One getting caught in enterprise with nothing to lose, to be precise EXPLICIT
One pound bet initially in NZ area, backing essential player OBBLIGATO
One royal wife with a new son — they live in the Middle East IRANIANS
Part of speech, note, wrongly not allowed in German VERBOTEN
People who can't stand being easy victims? SITTINGTARGETS
Perhaps 60,000, say, in Bury? INTEGER
Pitiable décor alas that may be on school lab wall PERIODICTABLE
Rare conformity in a gay/straight social event ABIDANCE
Ridicules flowers bought at the weekend? SATIRISES
Scatty blonde isn't entirely without vision STONEBLIND
Score of 100 obtained by despicable person in school SCRATCH
Square isn't superficial in terms of personality ONEDIMENSIONAL
Style of Conservative in story that's been put about ECLAT
Superior little man aboard ship avoiding the evening meal SUPPERLESS
Support completely heartless souls making money BRASS
The foreign investigator to be given honour by the Queen — one who needs rescheduling? LATECOMER
Tin said to be what things could be stored in CACHE
Tour leader teased when speaking GUIDE
Unorthodox male being imprisoned, completely isolated from the outside HERMETICAL
Very delicate fabric is a comfort SOLACE
Very little thoroughness when leader's lacking good health VIGOUR
Water movement with minimal variation — swirling ain't deep NEAPTIDE
What is it with Monteverdi that's fantastic? Musical composition DIVERTIMENTO
What may upset dog, girl's pet DISTEMPER
What's stranded in port maybe after end of shift TWINE