The Times - Cryptic February 23 2002 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic Feb 23 2002

Clue	Answer
A trader in foreign goods, I am given to drink	IMPORTER
A two-edged sword can have advantages and disadvantages	CUTBOTHWAYS
Bacon and hams could be transported in this	HANSOMCAB
Be dashing, having married a number of wives	HAREM
Crucially important note to someone on the way up	PIVOTAL
Dealer is more flagrant, according to reports	GROCER
Drink befitting a king brought round	LAGER
Family friend the object of abuse	AUNTSALLY
Guard's period of duty finished	WATCHOVER
Having restored mail, I try appearing soldierly	MILITARY
Having shock is dangerous	HAIRY
HMS Siva?	DESTROYER
Hockey players need to enjoy themselves	HAVEABALL
Innocent glance I cast around	ANGELIC
Lawyer and policeman cover north-south divide	MASONDIXONLINE
Leaves explorer upset over business	TOBACCO
Lozenge resulting from foreigner's letter to doctor	RHOMB
Members in ships rejected plump American women	TAFFRAILS
No-hoper - he's nearer, but not first	LOSER
Old German forced to go short	OSTROGOTH
Possibly fire crossbow - arm that's concealed	WARMTH
Scoundrel picked up simple coat	RUFFIAN
Short, loose dress, clothing I discarded in religious ceremony	SACRAMENT
Soldiers express disapproval of prohibition	TABOO
Statue having collapsed lies unmoved	VENUSDEMILO
Stay sticky	TARRY
Tear often seen on tombstone	RIP
Trapped in network, I make another knot	RETIE
Unusual version of 'Love divine'	ODD
Zeppelins were craft that almost glided upwards without initial impetus	LIGHTERTHANAIR
A Blair peer in revolt? That can be fixed	REPAIRABLE
A Dominican almost collapsed - source of protein required?	AMINOACID
A parricide chopped up body parts	PERICARDIA
A racket taken in by ear? On reflection, it's frogs	RANIDAE
Act to secure United pair	DUO
Acting vainly, losing head, Othello perhaps turned over chamber in house	UTILITYROOM
African area shouldn't be part of Spain at all - but it is!	NATAL
Again evokes new sea-ark at sea	REAWAKENS
Almost everyone offered to go round centre of Paris - tourist area	ALGARVE
Appropriate to swallow skinned peach or other food item	TEACAKE
Article in curious raven ode, end of quatrain? It's quite the reverse of this	EVERANDANON
Branch wrapped in wire, like many a tree	CLIMBABLE
Church air possibly against devilish air, not a musical sound	CHARIVARI
Composer with a posthumous reputation in pop?	HUMPERDINCK
Decorative artist - in Paris, she will secure renown, right?	ENAMELLER
Detailed review of Pictures at an Exhibition, recorded in Paris	CATALOGUERAISONNE
Eastern bloke picked up Eastern wines with identical titles	NAMESAKES
Effectively covering the end of everything? (2,3,7,3,8)	TOALLINTENTSANDPURPOSES
Elizabeth, back to front in her undergarments must be nuts	BRAZILS
English Times thoughtfully spending a lot	EXPENSIVELY
Excitement following part of race	FLAP
Father's no time for chat	PATER
Feature of pub entertainment - sounds like line dance	CUEBALL
Food-hall in a terrible state	MESS
Getting close to deserving to have name put forward	NEARING
How one might describe the character of time in Alicante?	PENULTIMATE
I simpered, squirming - did this turn red?	EPIDERMIS
Imitator of poetry pens one without regular metre?	APERIODIC
Industrial device turning rubbish into booze? New supporter has little hesitation	BESSEMERCONVERTER
Information time and time again covering most of question	DATASET
It allows you to make presumptions indefinitely	INDIRECTEVIDENCE
Keep working in an extremely wicked way? (4,3,6,2,4,4)	BURNTHECANDLEATBOTHENDS
Liberal's wrong choices producing poetic airs	LIBECCHIOS
List military actions held up and ruined	SPOLIATED
Man, first of all attending tournament in the King's supporters	ROYALISTS
Maybe new clergyman's here, keen at heart	PRESENTEE
Northern town's kept going, we hear	PRESTON
Not admitting failure of Foreign Office, given mostly historic evidence	FOOLPROOF
Not the way to fill jug?	FALSEIMPRISONMENT
Officer with a plan cut short, having to leave suddenly	AIDEDECAMP
One can't really see the entertainment in these	OPTICALILLUSIONS
Painter's mark encapsulated in erroneous term	REMBRANDT
Particular mark powder initially removed from rug	CARET
Particular motorway's end	AIM
Partner to indicate if I can mostly carry her	SIGNIFICANTOTHER
Parts of speech featuring in certain newspaper items	DEFINITEARTICLES
Pieces of music provoking titters	STRETTI
Real gold later leads to endless credit	AUTHENTIC
Real non-British playwright	ECHT
Request certain member of royalty to hide curling lip - it's an instinctive thing	PLEASUREPRINCIPLE
Sailor, aboard ship, ultimately ready to block group of lights	STARSYSTEM
Secure, having grabbed line? That's nice	CLEMENT
Showing many facets of Parisian church, wasting little time	DECAHEDRAL
Single performances arranged in the regions? Opening in Ilkley's overlooked	ONENIGHTERS
Sister's name, nothing less	NUN
Snag over head of Welsh crew's sporting assessment of size	CATCHWEIGHT
Snooped? No - spied - that's not very good	NOSED
Some African articles about sport left unfinished	ANGOLAN
South Asian - one wrapped in badly stained article	EASTINDIAN
Special facial covers, unusually sexy among leaders of kinky society	OXYGENMASKS
Stage favourites will be recalled	STEP
The answer's a lemon? Could be	CITRUSFRUIT
Theatre-worker offering agreement about amateurish leaders in operating room	PLAYACTOR
Their speed is just enough to keep them in the same place	GEOSTATIONARYSATELLITES
These characters help mail get to its destination	POSTALCODES
To remove stench of dead bird on hill involves ultimate in perfume	DEODORISE
Try for additional meat, possibly, to one's disadvantage (4,3,4,4,5,3)	BITETHEHANDTHATFEEDSONE
Unfair name given to one? Even-tempered about it	INEQUITABLE
US chap supports one African language	IBO
Vegetables, some baking, that pest tucks into	PRATIES
What satisfies 'Simple (4)'? Don't stress yourself	EASYDOESIT
Youth leader, severe, open to change, fortunately	BADENPOWELL

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