The Times - Cryptic - This puzzle was solved within 60 mins by 42 of the 74 competitors in Heat One of the 2014 Times Crossword Championship - November 19, 2014

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A revolutionary concealing gun briefly that's fallen out ARGUED
Answer finished, not started say, with conviction AVER
Becoming infatuated with buying FALLINGFOR
Beggar daring to box policeman GARDA
Book, for example, gripping doctor AMOS
Doctor clear about DNA being a bit different in diary CALENDAR
Drug supplied by boyfriend, extremely sociable at first SEDATE
Fights to hold on to reserve collections of cuttings SCRAPBOOKS
Fruit regularly dearer in depressed times BLUEBERRY
Game fish not seen initially following attack UNAFRAID
Idea for article OBJECT
It's child's play, honest STRAIGHTFORWARD
Kind husband has left a small whisky? SORT
One river following another does? DEER
Perhaps Oxbridge woman tarted up or given makeover PORTMANTEAUWORD
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Pilot accepting bribe not good for hearing TRIBUNAL
Pluck shown in quality of speech TWANG
Port by the way passed back in the wrong direction STRANRAER
Pungent smelling gas over area OZONE
Resulting agreement broken by what in Madrid? CONSEQUENT
Show-off having to worry after very short time FLASHHARRY
Shy animals turning tail CAST
Sizeable flipping herbs I cooked — rhubarb? GIBBERISH
State and condition mountain is seen in MASSIF
Stop wife, a fast one, perhaps, wanting kiss! WHOA
Unknown area skirting key resort YALTA
Volume that's better? Second from Jack London, perhaps CAPACITY
What might be drunk in estaminet, Frenchman conceded ANISETTE
Wine about to turn up where film may be seen CANISTER
Worried guy following football team, missing kick-off ILLATEASE