The Times - Cryptic - Times Saturday 25406 - February 23, 2013

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A short distance up AHEAD
Aerosol explodes — that's rash ROSEOLA
Calls to repent DROPSIN
Creature from Iron Age reappears ONAGER
Decoration secured by prolific author: I say no more ANDSOON
Desperately keen to keep jewellery, having invested pounds SLAVERING
Down from awful error on pitch, but securing three points OWING
Enjoy going to clean home ground that's strangely colourful CHAMELEONLIKE
Eventually, zip fastener is fitting PROPER
Felix's downfall, they say, an unusual event CURIOSITY
Flag in terrible cold? STREAMER
Given bargain, books in for such surgery DENTAL
Helpful creature shows the way to get good marks BROWNIEPOINTS
His Nobel amazing — gets to meet king NIELSBOHR
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Huge antelope runs wild — so does this ROGUEELEPHANT
Italian sheets in sink in corridor LASAGNE
Music, sentimental stuff that may accompany film POPCORN
Old slander crops up, covering one in blame ODIUM
Place for officers in fight, resistance overwhelmed by fate WARDROOM
Publicity on green conurbation showing early flowering ... PRECOCITY
Reduce pressure and scrub round DEPLETE
Soldier joins others to support corps in course of exercise REGIMEN
some radiation is not green, as it decays ROENTGEN
Spicy American dish's taken back to Wellington GUMBOOT
Spring border in chaos MAYHEM
Strong words from dreadful-sounding people DIATRIBE
The first morning I may take you in APRILFOOLSDAY
Turning say round notice, they'd want a gander GEESE