The Times - Cryptic February 20 2010 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic Feb 20 2010

Clue	Answer
A state of the USA? OK, do that USA anagram!	SOUTHDAKOTA
An animal managed to devour two hundred ducks	RACCOON
Arrest supporter	STAY
Back heavyweight, a certain champion	SECONDTONONE
Badger to accept trendy novel	BRIGHTONROCK
Balmy like this love object	SOOTHING
Bawd keeping old dog in cupboard	PROCURESS
Bird commencing song when approaching nirvana	SWAN
Bob Marley, for one, reads atlas regularly	RASTA
British sovereign with vehicle for Wooster	BERTRAM
Capital to be invested? Light industry seems ideal for beginners	TBILISI
Cat sees bats about one in the morning	SIAMESE
Celebrities lacking furniture?	NOTABLES
Check if leader's ignored art of impressionists	IMITATION
Cleaner — as result of washerwomen starting their shift?	WHITER
Collar stud	NAIL
College festival	CORPUSCHRISTI
Deity taking note of company of singers	HORUS
Drink before eating extremely good food	SCOTCHEGG
Flower essential for horticulturalist	URAL
Fooled when given spin?	TAKENFORARIDE
Formic remedy for tummy trouble?	ANTACID
Fortunate king sheltered by noted 21	LUCKY
French city giving each animal bread	PERPIGNAN
Gas is about — go, and keep out	NOENTRY
Good father thinks about tramps	KNIGHTSOFTHEROAD
Gross storm for Spooner, having met recorder?	RAINGAUGE
Gung-ho gunners surround African republic	RARINGTOGO
Hang back, seeing monster charge in middle of Fleet Street	DRAGONESFEET
Here it's cold fish, mostly dry inside	TUNDRA
Hero discounting one lie about police	ELCID
Humorous dictum: put relatives by marriage in changed position	PARKINSONSLAW
Is water audible in Turkish city?	IZMIR
Landlord's prepared to wait, as one's gone for right documentation	LETTERSPATENT
Latvian entering competition with Swiss dish	RACLETTE
Laud's former partner set up	EXTOL
Loss making psychiatrist mature	SHRINKAGE
Midweek fixture for Sheffield side?	WEDNESDAY
Mortifying the flesh, like Scottish players left out	ASCETIC
Old chemist, man of law and cook, reportedly	BOYLE
Overlapping timber may be treated with acid	IMBRICATED
Plain cook courted dean	UNDECORATED
Play doctor in a truly fine home	THEFAMILYREUNION
Poet carrying box turned to see girl coming out	DEBUTANTE
Primate no longer screwing up a chess tutorial	AUSTRALOPITHECUS
Publication to pass over material	ORGANDIE
Revolutionary prophet provided with carbon copy steps outside	FIREESCAPE
Round home, approving of farmyard noises	OINKING
Running does not hurt dogs	OTTERHOUNDS
Sausage not quite uniform, sounding most unsatisfactory	LIVERWURST
She wrote agreeably in two languages	OUIDA
Shops next to stadium where there may be a muster	PARADEGROUND
Specific US territories? The interior, in general	CUSTER
The capital of Tibet — a conurbation not fully understood	TACIT
Upset if and when firm is a complete disaster	FIASCO
What one believes about old drunkard given a coat	CREOSOTED
What we may wind up eating before we back movie?	SPAGHETTIWESTERN
Where Spiderman may go mad?	UPTHEWALL
Whip used by dashing fellow as offensive weapon	SWITCHBLADE
Woman for whom boatman goes over river	NORAH
Brave saint detained by intelligence operative	WITHSTAND
Damage a bolt	SCARPER
Dark red wrapping around biscuit	MACAROON
Diligent help nearly keeping couple united	ASSIDUOUS
Draw attention to speech that's loud and clear	FLAGRANT
Engaged in muscular action to make room	ATTIC
Entertainment derived from puzzles to what extent?	FLOORSHOW
Find out funny acts are popular	ASCERTAIN
Free on hill to be passionate	TORRID
Get to stuff headed "scholarly"	LEARNED
Group judged on vocal rendition	HERD
Knew battle involved misery	WETBLANKET
Letter's publication brought about by mother	GAMMA
Little worn by knight is metallic	TINNY
Lob spun more awkwardly and rose?	BLOOMER
Lot about leader in suit and new tie	FASTEN
Nasal tone's western in flavour	TWANG
One in turn led by a lawyer slowly	ADAGIO
Popular current book breaking record all round	DEMOTIC
Price attached to good service	EVENSONG
Project with a smaller amount of unfinished buildings	CASTLES
Quiet in assembly, rising without enthusiasm	TEPID
Rent, low, raised for restaurant	TEAROOM
Reserve getting caught and hurt	CACHE
Rough river in south easily remembered	SCRATCHY
Shattered on trip, stopped by endless deficiency in hormone	PROLACTIN
Shortly going towards west of country	OMANI
Team up, working for inventor	EDISON
Touch on the subject of wanting love	ABUT
Villain revealed by expert in deduction	REPROBATE
Wife after new difficulty making case for old promise	FORESHADOW
Yellowish streets and yellowish houses	SANDY

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