The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24441 - January 22, 2010

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An award for playing part almost to the end ABAFT
Arrested for listening to Christian in mainly Moslem country COPT
Beginning of winter turned very cold ICED
Cheerful soul liked long rambles round county OLDKINGCOLE
Clot unknown in certain blood types BOZO
Concession to golfer, perhaps, or sweet shop customer FREEDROP
Creature African heartlessly released into wild adapting GIANTPANDA
Enthusiast wrong to keep following early Parliamentarian DEMONTFORT
Escort liberal in serving American syrup GIGOLO
Fifth G&T with gin I mixed specially? Very well! FIGHTINGFIT
Girl's horse rears on dressage floor HER
Give us neurotic turns and shrinks follow! ENSUE
Going off quickly, loudly blame one dreadful round RAPIDFIRE
Large number of high quality diamonds, boxed for dispatch COFFINED
Letters dropping a tiny distance MIL
Martyr, perhaps, to burn: in time one could save many STITCH
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Oil producer charged next to nothing OLIVE
One roughly bends back exhaust that pollutes ACIDRAIN
Plane perhaps transports thousands — one a sci-fi fan TREKKIE
Sat by set switching on and off makes viewer sore STYE
Scout may follow this with less severity KINDER
Short talk on first Hanover then Bremen ultimately causing embarrassment CHAGRIN
Sort outer clothing from fleeces ILK
Tall ox cavorting around old amphibian AXOLOTL
Tea leaf or bag? Choose first PICKPOCKET
Vegetable end getting into sofa leaving a smear SPEAKILLOF
Vegetable sprout container's cracking round the edges TURNIPTOP
Wearing cut-off pants to skip a lot INBRIEF
What will punter do to acquire new set at any cost? HELLBENT
With stab, chest so firm might collapse GOBUST
Wrath, perhaps descending on head of killer robot inventor CAPEK