The Times - Cryptic May 14 2005 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 14 2005

Clue	Answer
African man entertaining twenty one from noon onwards	ANGOLAN
African music, stick out endless repeats	JUJU
Article out of Times energises one with a digestive problem	DYSPEPSIA
Artist leaving generous smear on paper	LIBEL
Baffled? It's right to speak to journalist	FLOORED
Belts with stolen weapon	SLINGSHOT
Birdie sunk is neatly put away	PIGEONHOLED
Body as new when given energy	QUANGO
Brown back to chestnut, of course	NATCH
Calm left before true storm	TROUBLEFREE
Calmly missing cricket action, a viewer's blind?	WITHOUTBATTINGANEYELID
Cheek to lower sound for this performance!	LIPSYNC
Clutch black crucifix	BROOD
Coming back for a spell as before	PALINDROMIC
Dog catches sheep stopping short in entrance	BEWITCH
Drink when singular trouble returns	SODA
Everything got reset after breaking up in pieces, but not too fast	ALLEGRETTOS
Failed to stop properly after test drive?	MISFIELDED
Female in position to ring the changes in our generation	LIFECYCLE
Finishing in time to feed wild dog on meadow	LEADINGTO
Fool dropping article in port	TWERP
Get cracking views with instrument	LOOKSHARP
Girl having meals regularly getting porky	ELLIE
Goes out after signs of approval in the wings	NODSOFF
Gypsy abandoned neat drinks in change of direction	TZIGANE
He comes to send children off beach on island	SANDMAN
He may get stick for returning when vote is held	EXPAT
Hire a grand convertible for departure	HEGIRA
How well things go at gala event?	SWIMMINGLY
I take sweetener, having run out to get drunk	IMBIBED
I'd like to know source of idea for Belmont song (4,2,5,2,5,4)	TELLMEWHEREISFANCYBRED
In flagellant's thrashing, no time for great force	ANGELFALLS
Inspire passion in crazy auntie to eat lard	INFATUATE
Italian architect's pier is a new construction	PIRANESI
Lacks ripples with weak breezes	CAKEWALKS
Left on shelf? That's right: left years as unfit for service	UNSOLDIERLY
Light on fine scene - opportunity to get on film	PICTUREWINDOW
Like a hair spray to slow thinning on top?	OZONEFRIENDLY
Like good doctor only sometimes going by the book?	JEKYLLANDHYDE
Main rival to batter many cheer	ARCHENEMY
Meeting for a spell, say, following complaint	BEEF
Mouldings round first book in series?	OVOLI
One having effect of stinger missile?	SMARTBOMB
Pack of campers put on amusing act	BEDROLL
Practical quality one's introduced to empire	REALISM
Problem that's painful to grasp, taken with pinch of salt?	HOTPOTATO
Quickly pass on telegram for aircraft controller	FLYBYWIRE
Regulation - Consumer Credit Act, say?	BYLAW
Remove pure caffeine from the right bottles	EFFACE
Reptile Jones's uncovered, lifting diamonds	INDIGOSNAKE
Sailor removes ecstasy from coat, facing arrest and no holiday	JACKTAR
Seize occasion to see head about right mark, after fail	CARPEDIEM
Send up a blessing, in part naive	DUPABLE
Short pipe protruding from mouth of smoker	CHIMNEYPOT
Shot Engineers involved in bet	STREAKED
Spectroscopic device makes progress after good packaging removed	ETALON
Stick book in post	JAMB
Vera has calmly smashed bottle at funeral	LACHRYMALVASE
What a keeper has to mind in country areas	THESTICKS
With pair of spectacles, daughter follows family tree	BLOODWOOD
A drawing of arms in parade	TATTOO
Balance involves computer, pressing key for value	RESPECT
Bounce up and down	BOB
Chelsea go mad with no little cash!	LOOSECHANGE
Conclusion of prophet just worthy of conviction	TREASONABLE
Crack developed, rich and deep	DECIPHER
Dandy Scot, or an alternative one	MACARONI
Enormous great king accepts house his responsibility over issue	FATHERHOOD
Female shaved off flatter beard	AWN
Given some payment, piece relinquished in return	RECEIPT
Grisly female trotter seen round Hackney	MACABRE
Historian who provided account in the name of Roman emperor	TACITUS
How many brothers reported in her place?	NUN
Italian drops fiddle almost into cask	TUSCAN
Lad's heading off inside to wash mouth out, repulsive beast	GARGOYLE
Light up seeing noted man that is in credit	CHANDELIER
Long time planting a flowering plant	CENTAURY
Minor difference protects men at work	CONTRETEMPS
One supplying Rex, perhaps, with Reginas	CATERER
One's entitled to book a singer up	BARONET
Powerful democratic republic not finished around 2001?	COMMANDING
Prepare to contain Indian city's uprising - with this?	TEARGAS
Say half-inch ribbons features of carnival?	STEELBANDS
Secular thought a mortal sin I suspect	RATIONALISM
Shoot over girl	MISS
Silly haircut, pink thing	DAFT
Spot the use of eyes through the ears	SITE
Test paper too hot to handle? Problem arises	LITMUS
They say sucker is a jerk	TIC
Turned out cold in stream amid rising river	EJECTED
Why there's nothing in dry case	WALLET
Word of action in river - boating	VERB

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