The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 24662 - October 7, 2010

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Almost shy, being taken in by penniless miser SKINFLINT
Bore keen to be heard EAGRE
Chaps holding brother up in game MARBLES
Class actors, the ultimate in theatre CASTE
Columbus, for one, on travelling west is surrounded by birds GENOESE
Croaky, in need of a drug HORSE
Cunning vehicle coming through snow ahead of time SLEIGHT
Cutter or some other ship? CLIPPER
Disgrace of daughter given fifth-rate classification DEGRADE
Doing badly in second part of baseball game SINNING
Fasten line to tree LASH
Fliers were in the air shortly — lucky to win this RAFFLE
For people to notice the Queen, she saunters about PROMENADER
Giving a reprieve to academic in cutting exercise PARDONING
Grips established by Left infiltrating political factions CLAMPS
Help to drink river dry ARID
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Lunatic losing head is persuasive type ADMAN
Manipulating bunch approaching senility? MASSAGING
Money said to be in store CACHE
Moth, say, on cloth climbing up EGGAR
New soap is ace — one that features several stars CASSIOPEIA
One eating soft food — right, in theory ONPAPER
One may react with malice surprisingly after church CHEMICAL
Particular spice if cooked has to get cold SPECIFIC
Period expected to be short? Then allowance must be made DURATION
Plant beginning to get stunted in wet soil MUSTARD
Rock scene with English as leaders ANDESITE
Square leg — spinner maybe has one to begin with? MILLION
State aid a hospital accepts IDAHO
Vote can get swayed by a bit of money CENTAVO
Welfare organisation given money and material SATIN
Within a type of belief in God see tyranny DESPOTISM