The Times - Cryptic January 27 2007 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic Jan 27 2007

Clue	Answer
A forward English rugby rejected for opening	APERTURE
Ancient Mariner's burden (3,3,3,2,3,3)	THEOLDMANOFTHESEA
At sea, a tar gets into these events	REGATTAS
Avenue that follows drive	APPROACH
Begorrah! Reads new novel by good Irish author	GEORGEBERNARDSHAW
Being this could make us fearless, note	SELFASSURED
Ben meeting high standard	MUNRO
Brian and Teresa worked out puzzle	BRAINTEASER
Casually visits to repent	DROPSIN
Crew's quarters often reduced by forty per cent	FORECASTLE
Crew, perhaps, some friend at court backed	OCTAD
Dessert English served in ceramic pieces	ICECREAM
Diabolical barman who attacks saintly character?	DEVILSADVOCATE
Directly towards leading seaman	ATFIRSTHAND
Dreadfully long wait for the rest of the passengers	WAGONLIT
Editor of the old school broke new ground?	HARROWED
Feat for which bowler gets credit? That's about right	HATTRICK
From scratch, starts more or less in December, November, October	DENOVO
Gambling behaviour, producing under pressure	DIECASTING
Genre briefly returned in terrific series	SCIENCEFICTION
Girl and boy returning to city in Texas	DALLAS
Good book from James, set in 17th century	AUTHORIZEDVERSION
His theories were relatively inspired	ALBERTEINSTEIN
I lose power in East, perhaps, as an Oriental type	TAIWANESE
In rational style of modern man, classically speaking	SAPIENTLY
Influenced by sound of leather	SUEDE
It may be broadcast to prevent Democrat getting in	ADVERT
Lack of support over ID device	SHORTAGE
Legless creature in bar after a little	TADPOLE
Look both ways	PEEP
Military assistant's taken over house for specific occasion	ADHOC
Most of the people in old country	THRACE
Narrowly beating - dismissed after playing poor shot	EDGINGOUT
Not having much of a say?	SHORTSPOKEN
Nothing in plan agent contrived about certain figures in plane	PENTAGONAL
Old man of Paris I put in first carriage	PRIAM
One can barely exist in a colony	NUDIST
One hangs a lot for this sin	SLOTH
Out-dated, as John Walter was, originally	BEHINDTHETIMES
Outstanding example of French being mistranslated as "one ohm'?	PIECEDERESISTANCE
Part of America between Maine and California	RHODEISLAND
Place for dancing where everyone joins king in good time	BALLROOM
Playing well, one expects to take a catch	ANGLER
Primates outside a church for Indians	APACHES
Relative shortly following one into academic stream	ISIS
Repeat act, following Conservative statement of aims	CREDO
Rioters with small explosive device? That's old hat	MOBCAP
Roman official incorrectly quotes a king	QUAESTOR
Ruler who worked constructively for Welsh separatism	OFFA
Scientific device - one that conserves energy, we hear	LASER
Start of settlement on day PM went crazy	DOWNPAYMENT
Tolerant, as traveller presumably is	BROADMINDED
TV presenter that's secured by a fluke	ANCHOR
Undiscriminating consumers	OMNIVORES
Verify angry European's statement	CROSSCHECK
Way travelled by boat or on horseback, say	ROAD
Weight of type one defiantly puts on	BOLDFACE
Whence jets are sent up from NATO, if UN ordered	FOUNTAIN
Where thick-skinned types study part of the brain?	HIPPOCAMPUS
Wild flower covering end of garden	VIOLENT
A bit rubbish	SCRAP
A major blow to service - trouble ensues	TORNADO
Almost immediately back in, every third character in Northern Territory	RETRO
Boy catches fish at a ninety degree angle	SIDEON
British with large amount to get out of it	BLOTTO
Drink superb short, holding competition that needs no little volume	GREENTEA
Figure anything Yorkshireman might say will be brought up	TWO
Hunter runs after stray during festival	FERRETER
Infectious thing killing, seconds away	LAUGHTER
Insert the unfortunate numbers	THIRTEENS
Its candle lit, flickering, sparkled	SCINTILLATED
Journey following such loftiness - landing here?	AIRSTRIP
Loud rip less quiet breaking into tear	GARISH
Mad design surrounds fashion	ENRAGED
Middle of Toulon soaks up nine counties	ULSTER
Neighbour a source of ridicule for gossip	ABUT
Plant a border as an alternative	AARONSBEARD
Profession where doctors given the axe?	TREESURGERY
Question involving English dairy product	WHEY
Rob and Charlie	MUG
Shark meat and sweet drink - ordered her to tuck in	HAMMERHEAD
Shortage passing round river	DEARTH
Simple task a breath of fresh air	BREEZE
Turning out lovely	BECOMING
Vehicle currently parking in shed	SNOWPLOUGH
Very sick under anaesthetic, initially, which is helping	AVAILING
Wearing green, journalist's posh type - but he despises posh things	INVERTEDSNOB
Where boxer is found dressing little boy in golden pants	DOGKENNEL

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