The Times - Cryptic May 03 2008 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 03 2008

Clue	Answer
... by such a man, perhaps, since award is put up on chest	ASTROPHYSICIST
... exceptional child is very likely to succeed	ODDSON
A chap from eastern Europe's hoarding black tumblers	ACROBATS
A number of benefices: a hundred, in new town	LIVINGSTON
Aim for finish of steeplechase?	ASPIRE
Arrogant, in need of oil paints, oddly	SELFOPINIONATED
Attack put nose out of joint	SETUPON
Bribe queen gives singers	SOPRANI
Catch one feeling out of place (1,4,3,2,5)	AFISHOUTOFWATER
Circle bleak tent, shivering - this might warm you up	ELECTRICBLANKET
Contraction of brief illness	CURTAILMENT
Desperate lad with stitch, struggling	LASTDITCH
Don't employ girls? That's favouritism	JOBSFORTHEBOYS
Done over - fly following oarsman around	REWORKED
Dye fabric used by soldiers and NCOs	COLOURSERGEANTS
Earnest talk involved venomous creature	RATTLESNAKE
Excellent bovine	NEAT
Fetching few following finishing first	WINSOME
Fort(e)	STRONGPOINT
From home, divert and find advantageous position	INSIDETRACK
God set against god in river	BRAHMAPUTRA
Good-o! Head will provide something to eat	GROUNDNUT
Grow old trees to ward off ill luck	KNOCKONWOOD
Harmful substances found in canned beef	TOXINS
Harry succeeded, meeting Sally, after reflection	HARASS
In progress, revealed as obsolescent	ONTHEWAYOUT
Insects have not caught this disease	RICKETS
It claims environmental friendliness - but bacterium almost killed man	ECOLABEL
It's all right for some, with secret agent around to provide support	BOOKEND
Lack of shelter, without carriage - without first sign of transport	EXPOSURE
Lad shortly runs in to catch connecting transport	BOATTRAIN
Levels less likely than 27	EVENS
Lingerie nurse takes round, showing off	BRAVADO
Lower sections of wall shelter very large seat	DOSADOS
Methodical chapter - nice if it's edited first	SCIENTIFIC
Note entered in standing orders	STATUTES
Old money put into plant	PESETA
Picture showing grassland - there's a restriction covering it	TABLEAU
Province in which oration is delivered	ONTARIO
Public dance, including entertainment extremely lacking in restraint	OVERTHETOP
Puzzle involving big horse and a shrub	ROSEBUSH
Set apart some of the south west - but not the north, note	DEVOTE
Some time soon - a period when things go badly, with energy for nothing ...	ONEOFTHESEDAYS
Something troubling your eye, primarily	STYE
Star's nude shambles leaks out	TRANSUDES
Strange objects cut back outside of ear	EXOTICA
Surrealist Hemingway short of energy	ERNST
Testosterone, for instance, discovered in heavenly body ...	ASTEROID
The beaters have done their work, and all is revealed	THEGAMEISUP
The miscues affected the score	SHEETMUSIC
The odd coin kept, having made a profit	INPOCKET
The rest have to follow song	LIEDOWN
The season is advanced	LENT
Their only contribution to the club	IRON
Touch down - brilliant!	ALIGHT
Twosome split up by doctor - silly man!	DUMBO
Very important message	SIGNAL
Where to find comb for hair style	BEEHIVE
With torticollis, you would suffer severely (3,2,2,3,4)	GETITINTHENECK
Within earshot, gets closer within	NEARS
Betray one's class, breaking into ration	DISCLOSE
Disprove hospital report of returning appetite?	INVALIDATE
French gendarmerie kicking out extremists for fun	FROLIC
Given further insults, loses heart for book	PUTOUTMOREFLAGS
God is interested? Not at first	ARES
Heartlessly saw into great device	GADGET
Help get game started	SERVE
King shrewd about where sea and ocean end?	CANUTE
Not made to stay at home in the dark	UNINFORMED
Novel in four parts Albert translated	FLAUBERTSPARROT
Old American almost preserved	INCA
One starting book has to chuck it, over senility?	TITLEPAGE
Pepys said to suffer from this?	DYSPEPSIA
Piece of music in Swan Lake perhaps shortly captivating those attending	BAGATELLE
Poet's abandoned the turf, some say	LORN
Roof given a particular check	THATCH
Soldiers once rise into cloud	BEFOG
Surface, given medication before surgery	TABLETOP
Surprised by ending of Te Deum?	CONFOUNDED
Swallowed arrant nonsense as description of conflict with Kaiser? (3,2,3,3,4)	WARTOENDALLWARS
That is flax, that thing	TOWIT
The cap's on? Wrong, at these	CENOTAPHS
To run over property briefly, one may need solicitor	TESTATOR
Torquemada's relative, corruptly quids in, one going to rise	GRANDINQUISITOR
Value a place for cheap holiday	COSTA
Weapon, as I recall, really is fast loading: excellent at the front	AIRRIFLE
Westminster guide before spring receiving envelope	ERSKINEMAY
Word number one, overseas	NOUN

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