The Times - Cryptic January 24 2001 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic Jan 24 2001

Clue	Answer
A little drink of wine used to make a guy secure	TENTPEG
Author who was nominally but not primarily Christian	ANDERSEN
Authority imprisoning one with soldiers after trial	EXPERIMENT
Be inquisitive about English reprobate he joined outside	PERIPHERY
Country with serious German ruler	LANDGRAVE
Difficulty I am cutting short throughout	PASSIM
Egyptian servant returning garment for Indian	SARI
Form of praise she found in old sect	PHARISEES
Hard worker receiving new and appropriate allowance	BENEFIT
He wasn't bound to complete his performance	HOUDINI
Mostly very disturbed in mind?	NERVOUS
Novel that is about leading fighters and hard love	IVANHOE
Old soldier fired in anticipation	HOPLITE
One didn't run anything after the initial course	NONSTARTER
One quarter are discriminatory, in a way	SEXIST
One way to remember how circulation is maintained	BYHEART
Orator's statistic that's not meant to be taken literally	FIGUREOFSPEECH
Painter superior to Constable, it's said	SARGENT
Person out of work on Scottish island	RETIREE
Play the final moves	ENDGAME
Playing technique in tennis match - excellent	DOUBLESTOPPING
Powerful man's pronouncement to increase tension	TIGHTEN
Somebody's going to hit it	ROAD
Source of boom in freezing North	BITTERN
Source of combs for dated hairstyle	BEEHIVE
Utmost effort shown by joint winners?	LEVELBEST
Where would-be killers are charged by their victims	BULLRING
Works as salesman and so becomes broad-minded?	TRAVELS

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