The Times - Cryptic May 04 2002 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 04 2002

Clue	Answer
After bullet, pull up inert person	SLUGGARD
American's finished off quiet songbird	THRUSH
Backward attitude adopted by a very old writer	AESOP
Control those evacuated after a gun is raised	REGULATE
Credit court with upsetting English propriety	CORRECTITUDE
Dismiss about account for cab	FIACRE
Gently stimulate one drawer in gallery	TITILLATE
Girl, and not mother	NORMA
Groups finishing in ecstasy attempt note which never hits its target	ASYMPTOTE
Juvenile's unknown and complicated word having marks deducted	YOUTHFUL
Keen enthusiast wants trap for small bird	NUTHATCH
Moon's blue and rare, but not extremely so?	LUNAR
One follows gist with an African language	NUBIAN
One revealing story of Swiss resistance?	TELLTALE
One's left to sell back afterwards	LATER
Pieces of beef done badly during long journeys	TOURNEDOS
Plant one might arrange to get by hire?	EYEBRIGHT
Prevent new cart turning where farm animals could be	BARNYARD
Room that some show an inclination to leave?	CLOSET
Set free to look for girl spoken of in the East End	UNTETHER
Sew the tiniest bit of clothing	STITCH
Spread out and remove twists - the cape should be fine	UNFURL
Take out vessel during service?	DECOMMISSION
Time I invested in caging wild monster	GIGANTIC
Time one speeding bullet	TRACER
Was lying about backing small safety margin	LEEWAY
What might make rates emotive?	OVERESTIMATE
Who, perhaps, entering by correspondence is after a second degree?	POSTDOCTORAL
A fine pretext for insult	AFFRONT
A number of boats almost move smoothly, having sound steering device	FLOTILLA
Add false details and libel me outrageously - be silent!	EMBELLISH
After bribe, chap's writing false arguments	SOPHISMS
Anguished chorus of 'Howzat'?	OUTCRY
Appearing to have improved yield of harvest	CROPPINGUP
Apple-pie order given by new head about to take dinner	NEATNESS
As habitual drunkard, man's English at first unintelligible to outsiders	ESOTERIC
As task, set poem is to be translated	IMPOSE
Bedding girl with energy by the bucket	PAILLASSE
Being Jewish, write down some Yiddish as I dictate	HASIDIC
Bridge opening gets into some chaos	ANARCHY
Charged people to watch one being an idiot? (4,2,10,2,7)	MADEANEXHIBITIONOFONESSELF
City long attached musically to 58	DETROIT
City set in a Scottish river	ADELAIDE
Clubs unwilling to take on footballer, one dropped for being behind play	BACKCLOTH
Disc going around wretched back - I ranted and shouted - such words those were!	DISYLLABIC
Expedition goes on cold sober	CHASTE
Extra wages given to baggage that'll drive you round the bend	DIFFERENTIALGEAR
Fish on stretch of water, doing medium job	CHANNELLING
Flute played mechanically in this lamentable amateur production	PYRAMUSANDTHISBE
Frequency with which I succeed in hot spot	FIREPLACE
Fund-raising event held by Mrs Trollope which may be sniffily recognised	FRAGRANCES
God! Shall I be seen in such garments?	PANTIHOSE
Group in heaven, saint dropped from prayer	ORION
I'm upset over pounds in money temp's wasted in improper use	MISEMPLOYMENT
It passes through the body, as a rule	SNACTMENT
King absent from a European match	AGREE
Like some titles, following a line women may have no interest in?	HEREDITARY
Little toe she damaged, wearing this?	STILETTOHEEL
Logical procedure that advances prospects of New Labour?	INDUCTION
Loud instruments, or soft ones	FLUTES
Made fresh drink	DESALINATED
Many involved by accident as stately building's erected	PILEUP
Northerner with something to sell for old tax to pay	SCOTANDLOT
Not looking forward to this ride?	SIDESADDLE
One celebrated in November, the year a daughter went up to college	ALLSOULSDAY
One met the old record for lace	NEEDLEPOINT
Oversight of liberal section of church	LAPSE
People bayed for trip to Stockholm	LAUREATES
Point to burn in suit and footwear	ESPADRILLES
Poorly-educated Italian woman doesn't open good books	IGNORANT
Quickly turning round king retreats	NOOKS
Regiment finds main road badly congested	ARTILLERY
Released before appeal when I admitted bloomer	FREESIA
Residence I changed, given court order	DECREENISI
Resistance to fire warden	RANGER
Ruin Naples, if involved in this war?	PENINSULAR
Scene of 1944 fighting and of gambling, we hear	CASSINO
Senior churchmen involved later in clean environment	PRELATURE
Set texts	LIBRETTI
Severely afflicted by strain, being arrested by sort of gun	STRICKEN
Sportsman has to manoeuvre oar on to women's boat	FEATHERWEIGHT
Tense attitude of very optimistic forecaster	LUTUREPERFECT
There's nothing fine in foul air in the evening	SMOOTHING
Those highly placed on board invite political leader in to drinks	TOPMASTS
Three joint leaders in the Latin form	TRIUMVIRI
Transport goods further, as service	OVERHAUL
Trembled as rot spread in banking centre	LOMBARDSTREET
Two or three, for example, is the hour for prayer	PRIME
Under wave, fish may be attached to sole for easy progress	ROLLERSKATE
Very private group of worshippers I have seen holding scriptural study	SECRETIVE
Went over poetry in jazz setting	TRAVERSED
What Dryden saw as the final achievement in us, after going through a whole range of notes (3,8,7,4,2,3)	THEDIAPASONCLOSINGFULLINMAN
What may be in vehicle, to depart	CARGO
Woman grabs youngster eating a spicy snack	ENCHILADA
Work out gender for fowl	SUSSEX
Workers denounce defeat	SHOPFLOOR
Would you say worker Tom or Bob has been booked?	SAWYER
Wrong equals true - a cynical misinterpretation	INACCURATELY
Your experienced setter has plenty of years left (5,2,4,2,3,3,3,3)	THEREISLIFEINTHEOLDDOGYET

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