The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 24921 - August 6, 2011

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A bit of fun, taking sailing vessel on lake LARK
A small child fails to finish upside-down cake BABA
Attacked and totally destroyed after leader's taken out RUSHED
Before tests, British cricket side has some witty things to say BONSMOTS
Benefit match initiated by top player? PROFIT
Careless, say, with pound invested by chap from Ulster? NEGLIGENT
City in South Africa taking measure against lawlessness primarily SALEM
Drug's cool, you say? Warning — Ecstasy's to be avoided HYPNOTIC
French woman is rejected by artist, in short SIMONE
Good to follow women on Twitter BIRDSONG
Government department is involved in new railway? MINISTRY
Journalist's leader in Independent followed by court order EDICT
Mix porridge in this STIR
Namely, how to shift abandoned vehicle TOWIT
Notes Republican's not wanted to visit part of the US TENNESSEE
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Old copper is payment for deal DISTRIBUTE
One giving evidence at trial gets nothing right ATTESTOR
One may be missed out of glossary LOSS
Place worth visiting, in a sense SIGHT
River's swirling current engulfs minute animal TIMBERWOLF
She greatly admires stories lad fabricated IDOLATRESS
Software in mobile phones heard in part of church APSE
Spellbound by Gone With the Wind BLOWNAWAY
Studies among various Maine voters reveal right-wing tendency NEOCONSERVATISM
Takes place, making speech, and escapes disaster FALLSONONESFEET
Trains pulling trucks emptied for cargo from India? TEACHESTS
Very little time for one in California, surprisingly FRACTIONAL
Was acquainted with Steinbeck's last novel KNEW
Worried if aliens settle FINALISE
Wrong to keep building locked up SHUTIN