The Times - Cryptic May 25 2009 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 25 2009

Clue	Answer
A hen's apt to be mistaken for a game bird	PHEASANT
Affectedly literary young man accepts sanctions	BOOKSY
After opening of lawsuit workers must keep money for solicitors	LAWAGENTS
After reflection, top mark is given to new boy at public school	ETONIAN
Annoyance initially suppressed as former dictator's brought in for trial	EXAMINATION
Bag he's taken into class after singular examination	SATCHEL
Be determined to make trouble	BESET
Blunders requiring attention during school examination	STRIPSEARCH
Catering manager's stamp — red	DIETITIAN
Churl tied up struggling beauty	PULCHRITUDE
Civil war he's organised in seat of revolution	SWIVELCHAIR
Composer arranged a march in thirty days	RACHMANINOV
Cover-up by American chap	RUFUS
Daily fails to start sweeping round house	SEMI
Daisy is taken in by my superior knowledge	MASTERY
Dancer reportedly meeting admirer round lake in French forest	FONTAINEBLEAU
Daughter mended old skirt, see, and left smartly attired	DRESSEDTOKILL
Dead ringer	PASSINGBELL
Distracted, like Bottom when he should have been rehearsing?	AWAYWITHTHEFAIRIES
Establish pub, say, with equipment for producing alcohol	INSTILL
Fat person's target, hard for doctor to follow up	ENDOMORPH
Flash look	GLANCE
Fresh order regarding food served about end of morning (noon)	REALIGNMENT
Fuel wastage all over the place about end of war	WATERGAS
German teacher's taken over Italian course	RISOTTO
Get angry, collaring wife and cunning lover	SWEETHEART
Girl breaks pill to form white powder	TABLESALT
Going round estate, only after English salad	ESCAROLE
Hardy lass hugs nobleman, betraying no emotion	TEARLESS
Hurtful note	SHARP
Important match finishes with cheers all round, incidentally	BYTHEBYE
Inspector finally checks metal fitting in sea-going vessel	SCRUTINISER
Investigate noise of birds from northern Europe	SCANDINAVIAN
Lacking energy, cat is given running water	TIGRIS
Match score	TALLY
Organising White City event	RUNNING
Play to be seen in Denmark shortly (1,5,2,3,7)	AMONTHINTHECOUNTRY
Playing without ball is restrictive	TYING
Poem that's largely sad in French I translated into German	TRISTICH
Protects young lettuce plants?	COSSETS
Query religious group's raison d'être	POINTOFORDER
Reckons you once could be accommodated in such homes	GUESTHOUSES
Refuse to be the subject of his study	GARBOLOGIST
Resume subject in school after break	RESTART
Sailor turning up on ship has shortly fixed instruments	BASSOONS
Salvation Army has most of ancient scriptures preserved	SAVED
Scaremonger blocking international armistice	ALARMIST
So bowled over by a Sicilian lover	ACIS
Some linen that is among skeins of wool	HANKIES
Spend years regularly missing religious service	SEDER
Stranger given food after doffing cap	ODDER
Submissive corgi, one ER trained to go round Balmoral's borders	CORRIGIBLE
Supporter of president expressed irritation, that's manifest?	GAULLIST
Tiny creature crushed in trap, I recall	CATERPILLAR
Trounce about twenty, at least? That could be perfect	PASTTENSE
Try a detour, getting stuck in bloody traffic system	GYRATORY
Unveiled such lies?	BAREFACED
Visit in time to catch most of film	INFLICT
Wicked witch's male counterpart	WIZARD
Wine that's robust — 50% Shiraz, 50% Merlot — containing approved additive	RUDESHEIMER
"Bird with Stick", penned by Rye's novelist	HENRYJAMES
Altered dancing that requires footwork	TREADLE
Any limits in life at sea? Not a lot!	INFINITESIMALLY
Be like a vestal at the outskirts of Rome? That's dull	LACKLUSTRE
Charming girl inducted by adept	ADORABLE
Debating society with means of raising standards	UNIONJACKS
Difficulty with stone not unknown	RUB
Disgruntled emperor's last appearance in nude	NARKED
Divine consort from another age	HERA
Drinks spiked with old purgative drug	ALOES
Entire cast extremely trendy — hence destination of film?	ETERNITY
Free exhibition's opening as theme park attraction	RIDE
French artist not starting to impress university is under discussion	ATISSUE
German city with a long name	AACHEN
Gold taken from historic setting for woman of Greece	HELLENISTIC
Hairstyle from which combs may be removed	BEEHIVE
Headless rodent left for bird	OUSEL
Intellectual discovering bromine in breakfast food	CEREBRAL
Outlaw pleased he's worked the land	BANGLADESH
Piece of armour stays around back of arsenal	CORSLET
Reportedly, a means to control horse's charge	ARRAIGN
Rich, after change of direction, proceeded in leisurely fashion	MOSEYED
Scientist having lost first pair of stockings, Newton put off game	CHEMINDEFER
Settled for fine writing in condensed form	LIT
Shut up near unruly youth	CLOSETED
Slip in rare broadcast by corporation	ERRATUM
Spirit shown by bird with brick	ROBINGOODFELLOW
Stir in capital once demanding fresh exit from airport	NEWGATE
Top copy marked as incorrect?	APEX
Wounded in Indian Wars action, one is bent on submission	KNEE

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