The Times - Cryptic May 12 2007 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 12 2007

Clue	Answer
... racy cadets - bulldozed a coward	SCAREDYCAT
A dessert sent back - too cold	ALOOF
A number, an indefinite number, curious about poet	TENNYSON
A spectrum not fully covered by colour lecture	HARANGUE
Arrogance displayed by Hollywood's first film director	HAUTEUR
Assimilate opinion of directors	TAKEONBOARD
Bill and Mark - ...	NOTE
Bird besetting one admirer	SWAIN
Cat at one time circling university	OUNCE
Cheap at a tanner?	TWOPENNYHALFPENNY
Coins fell, followed by bills	KOPECKS
Communication insuring landlord	COVERINGLETTER
Cure the creature I love excessively	ANTIDOTE
David's counsellor to caliph - he is devious	ACHITOPHEL
Do Sumatrans fall for astrologer?	NOSTRADAMUS
Dressing girl assistant takes sheets	SALADCREAM
Dry enough ground for racer	GREYHOUND
Expertise in first replacing source of energy in tube	ARTISTRY
Finds out about journey, getting warning of danger ahead	RUMBLESTRIP
Gangster supplied with weapons and rattles	ALARMS
Getting on - even if note is not received	AGREEING
Goddess rejecting fine flavour of absinthe	ARTEMISIA
Haphazard home supplied with nectar? (2,3,3,2,3,4)	INTHELAPOFTHEGODS
Hat ornament king left for ambassador	CLOCHE
He'll change into bedroom rig after the match	BRIDEGROOM
I will visit Thailand, looking up artist	MILLAIS
I've no idea whose van Ken crashed	HEAVENKNOWS
Insect flourished in college's food store	BUTTERFLY
Is left wandering alone by this	ITSELF
Model sporting 75% cashmere	SCHEMA
Month passed in hotel ultimately	ELUL
New missile is spare	NARROW
No agriculturist, has he a collection of watches?	HUNTERGATHERER
Obscene state - naked	RIBALD
Open empty vault	CLEAR
Openings for master at the High School in this?	MATHS
Passengers - soldier has lots	PARASITES
Police on trains irregularly acting as guardians	INLOCOPARENTIS
Removing, having lifted iron reinforcement	EFFACING
Rob has become fond of articles daily introduced	TAKETOTHECLEANERS
Saw a Swiss banker	GNOME
Screw up in speech - that's for sure	PUKKA
Sea-cow lifting head in spring	EMANATE
Secretly plotted to take Scottish stuff on Scottish river	DEEPLAID
Selfish person, old, with spirit, leads other people into peril	DOGINTHEMANGER
Sharpness of joke dope finds completely empty	PUNGENCY
Ships showing a good turn of speed	FLEET
Show no emotion - hang on to a strong hand, with boldness	KEEPASTRAIGHTFACE
Singular weapon making loud noises	STRIDENT
Smelt sweet at first, revealing seventeen	TOFFEENOSED
Someone cuddly could be dangerous for Cockney	ARMFUL
Somewhere else, where fish can be found	EELS
The beaters have done their work - the scheme has failed	THEGAMEISUP
The date when soldiers reverted to people	ASSIGNATION
They keep guard up as artist completes 'Blue Planet'	SKYMARSHALS
Unpleasant noise in tavern curbed by emperor	TINNITUS
Voice that's raised, excessively raised, after hypocritical opening	FALSETTO
Where in France Disney backed making Robin Hood	OUTLAW
Worker needs pass	HAND
Working hard performing transplant surgery	GRAFTING
A bit sweet	TRIFLE
Account written up about old soldier	TROOPER
Animal tethered by guerrilla, maybe	LLAMA
Be taught new skills for working on public transport	RETRAIN
Book slightly too big for this shelf	LEDGE
Criminal locates impure gold, perhaps	PRECIOUSMETAL
Decorators notice colour's initially wanting in parts of room	ADORNERS
Destructive person causing a flap	SPOILER
Domestic employee standing at a stop caught bus	CHARABANC
Drug wasted? That's a blow	UPPERCUT
Fancy alternative title for many a quiz show?	WHATDOYOUKNOW
Fiddle without piano is less spirited	TAMPER
Finished in warm clothing	WRAPPEDUP
Force fails to open lock	TRESS
Foreign character makes one's lip curl	EPSILON
Harvested brassica plant that met required standards	CUTTHEMUSTARD
LA film shot with English celebrity of sorts	ILLFAME
Literati principally merited such a description?	LEARNED
Lord shouts out, seizing power	CRIPES
Mark once converted by these people unwelcome in temple?	MONEYCHANGERS
Mere mortals about to disappear, tossed in whirlpool	MAELSTROM
Scoundrel, one brought before a court	CURIA
Sketch pad may be thus used	DRAWNON
Stumbled, proceeding from one hill to another	FELLDOWN
Transport system runs on time, American-style	TRAMWAY
Unreliable female has little for small children	FICKLE
With no commitments, have inclination to tour west coast	FREEWHEEL
Writer, for example, is included among the elite when book is out	ESSAYIST

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