The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25276 - September 24, 2012

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A period of illness here and there ABOUT
A repair by workers on time for a change AMENDMENT
Becoming better, continuously swallowing them ONTHEMEND
Beginning to ask one about new lead for dog AIREDALE
Business centre in Newry, say DOWNTOWN
Criminal was almost shot — does it matter? SOWHAT
Extremely efficacious, newspaper railing at judges ESTIMATES
Fell, no longer led round German city ESSEN
Hardly a guy is embarrassed ILLATEASE
Learned man, one seen at Christmas, briefly holding Bible SAVANT
Loaded, or otherwise, in a place of great wealth ELDORADO
Motto on one side of court LEGEND
Navigator, duke, gay dog DRAKE
Newspaper boss, English, wearing appalling strides EDITRESS
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Padre bothered about large hawker PEDLAR
Performing well in sessions on guitar ONSONG
Perturbed, third of class punished over it AGITATED
Problem caused by leader, a revolutionary HEADACHE
Profit from a cut of beef after onset of Christmas CASHIN
Put on trains with a number of carriages STAGECOACHES
Put the wind up a member crossing lake ALARM
Reluctant to provide a rhyme AVERSE
Sausage produced by very depressed fat person BLACKPUDDING
Study most important field DOMAIN
Two knights full of love and understanding? Codswallop! NONSENSE
Where there's many a strike? BOWLINGALLEY
Witness old-fashioned times involving king PASSERBY
Woman and son, mostly unreliable, bringing an orchid LADYSSLIPPER