The Times - Cryptic - Times Jumbo 937 - August 6, 2011

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A bird of some raucous sort — a blackcap — about ALBATROSS
A private coming up against the army in a forest TAIGA
Anaesthetise rabbit in the province GASCONY
Apart — see below ASUNDER
Artist captures part of tree, framing old river GAINSBOROUGH
Bachelor restores estate — he seems to know what he is doing BRIGHTSPARK
Backing the way Northern Ireland police pressed charges INDICTS
Bar brains in MI5 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Bravo! Road speed has been adjusted DESPERADO
Broke up one form of transport, invested in a horse BORACIC
By the sound of it, drink caused disorder AILMENT
Caught badger, disheartened and cagy CHARY
Change one's mind concerning a short performance ABOUTTURN
Charitable organisation of Hitchin and Poplar PHILANTHROPIC
Cheer up — double pages lead to the answer APPLAUD
Completed in minutes, have bought company: not to interfere MINDONESOWNBUSINESS
Complicated GCEs floor us — they're full of holes GOLFCOURSES
Conservative sort of tie? OLDSCHOOL
Copper on call, putting things right CURING
Copy part of harness TRACE
European with enemy's head to remove finished quickly POLISHEDOFF
Extremely serious in the future, perhaps INTENSE
Fear capturing rook is accurate DREAD
Fidgety, I am being treated by practitioner IMPATIENT
Fish with a friend, that's best IDEALLY
Flower — one covering centre of vessel BLOSSOM
Force to join religion? Fantasy! MAKEBELIEVE
Forcing clerk to wait is grating LATTICEWORK
Form of transport, skibob — icy, clearly, but not all there BICYCLE
Generous payment given — that's about right FREEHANDED
Gnostical, somehow, and sentimental NOSTALGIC
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Go through first letter read out, and talk profusely EFFUSE
Hair style a group of people spurn CREWCUT
Happy state — be on air in it, floundering INEBRIATION
If I am drunk, squiffy, it's genuine FAIRDINKUM
Kingfisher, happy and carefree HALCYON
Knight gets no time in prison SIR
Medical man, one the French regarded as submissive DOCILE
Military leader, European, leading an operation CAESAREAN
Mythical monster or real creature? Heads will give you the answer ORC
No good keeping slender, wanting love NOTHING
Notice in city commotion caused by emission of particles RADIOACTIVITY
Pact elusive to arrange, not certain of success SPECULATIVE
Player has written two articles about point replayed ATHLETE
Portrayed as haggard DRAWN
Portrayed as wicked, but no misdeed recollected DEMONISED
Possible future time of need, preferably not July 15th ARAINYDAY
Recognise fault in a game soldiers enjoyed at first APOLOGISE
Record player produces two notes, drowned by a third STEREO
Revolts, using force to enter America UPRISINGS
Rustic couple left behind YOKEL
Sailor's mother, available for hire, has retired MATELOT
Secretly hearing about the attractive girl ONTHEQT
Showing irritation, note written with a pen TESTY
Small group of soldiers not in mail OUTPOST
Stop up very quietly on top of house, protected from water DAMPPROOF
Stopped deductions in change DISCONTINUED
Strike young man — he is, unusually, from an Asian republic BANGLADESHI
Sycophantic English and French books turned up SERVILE
This launch returning provided with a cylinder DEBUT
To comprehend writer, wrestling over collected edition OMNIBUS
Visit from Burmese perhaps showing disapproving expression CATCALL