The Times - Cryptic May 07 2007 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 07 2007

Clue	Answer
A Geordie gent's confused, mixing people up	DESEGREGATION
A set raided, taken apart for much-needed items	DESIDERATA
A stronghold three-quarters surrounded by wood gives homely protection	PINAFORE
African cake upset John in Scotland	NUBIAN
Area attached to the Crown - nearly all farmland maybe?	ACRES
As such, I must be one	ROMANNUMERAL
Be impolite about East Anglian town	DISS
Bet e.g. Esau must have suffered on account of magnanimous act	BEAUGESTE
Bones helping to make monster nasty	STERNA
Book positions for partners at table	NORTHANDSOUTH
Breaking a commandment finally	COVETOUS
Clique in church making one wince	CRINGE
Coming to port old rocker was disorderly	RIOTED
Country fellows in operatic feature	ARMENIA
Country house retreat given to victor of Plassey	CLIVEDEN
Country workers who get into a depression	DITCHERS
Daughter 'ere to be indecisive	DITHER
Dish undercooked, snack falling short	RAREBIT
Dull person leading session for pupils? That's not on!	CHARACTERLESS
Feature of first Easter Sunday presumably unsettled person	ROLLINGSTONE
Formally endorses Herts town's Plan B	SECONDSTRING
Former cop in front of governors bursting with rage	EXPLODING
Going back to the source to make dodgy maps true	UPSTREAM
Good behaviour expected from those taking courses	TABLEMANNERS
Greek character immersed in drink when a new day dawns	SUNUP
Grubby woman providing endless abuse when meeting flighty type	SLATTERN
Having a fancy for cuddling secretary? That's hopeless!	DESPAIRING
It's obvious one's missing blueprint	PLAN
Large task before film can be made for TV transmission?	BROADCASTING
Left-winger making noise is interrupting seasonal visitor	SANDINISTA
Less important editors given one newspaper feature	SUBSIDIARY
Lethargy not a condition Ko-Ko suffered from	LISTLESSNESS
Mark given by a reviewer to girl	DIACRITIC
One girl or another ensnaring fellow	AMANDA
One may support Oxford when it's not going anywhere	SHOETREE
One requiring an eye for an eye?	THREADER
One taking grip soon introduced rules for church	CANONLAW
Periodical cardinal says should be restricted	NEWSTATESMAN
Permit to see poetic village	GRANTCHESTER
Power shown by excellent dog, early leader in race	PACESETTER
Protestant, this writer? Follower of Aquinas after change of heart	METHODIST
Sailor's flag given makeover with name inscribed	REDENSIGN
Secret societies in which many will drink gallons	TONGS
Silly sissy there lagging behind	HYSTERESIS
Something making drumming noise in forest? I'm panicking!	TIMPANI
Stand for The Queen coming round close at hand	REPRESENT
Starchy bit of food in second sweet dish	SPUD
Strange echo - I run, lacking courage	UNHEROIC
Sun ending? There will be wind	MONSOON
Swirling water repeatedly to shift deep stain	NEAPTIDES
The fish - he is hidden in the seaweed	TANGLE
They are well away from the concert platform - composer has meal here, reportedly	BACKSEATS
Top clubs possibly admitting 2000	SUMMIT
Try when courage runs short	HEAR
Violin gives us a dull introduction to intermezzo	AMATI
Wayward pa deserted ma, crossing lake in vessel	PADDLESTEAMER
Well-meaning reformer giving illiterate advice to improve	DOGOODER
What the postman wants is the life of Riley	EASYSTREET
Where the athletic all-rounder may be found, no matter what happens	INANYEVENT
Wiggling chanteuse finally stripped - very naughty	UNCHASTE
Article on Dynasty captivating America might be funny	AMUSING
Beetle found on top of each fibrous plant	JUTE
Bug flotilla's leader on run out on grand barge	FROGHOPPER
Butterfly angrily struggling against force of gravity	GRAYLING
Cake Alice baked - last piece for Hatter	ECLAIR
Conservative, after drinks, makes up a tale	SHORTSTORY
Dismissed just claim completely	OUTRIGHT
Don't mince words in republic following speech	TALKTURKEY
Drawing of flat, incomplete	PLAN
Embrace old writer	HUGO
Finally full of energy, if nothing else	ATLEAST
Football club magazine	ARSENAL
Home of little value used jointly	INCOMMON
Intolerance shown by G&S character after I married	IMPATIENCE
Legal documents, reportedly for Swiss hotelier	RITZ
Make repairs above lobby, we're told	OVERHAUL
New weapon, limited in scope	NARROW
Novelist needing to raise capital	JACKLONDON
One girl entering party behind Rosalind's lover, a composer	ORLANDODILASSO
Order to desist, so visit cancelled	CALLOFF
Popular high flier meeting supporter within	INTERNALLY
Publishers' head very annoyed one infringes copyright	PIRATE
Reach small promontory and stop rambling?	COMETOTHEPOINT
Refuse in study, and close to study	DENY
Rise in recognition	APPRECIATION
Transfer to be approved	PASS
Upset the composure of two females entering government	RUFFLE
You've not to mention about spring - it's OK as it is	LETWELLALONE

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