The Times - Cryptic May 23 2009 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 23 2009

Clue	Answer
A boring type, but he may deliver the deal!	TIMBERMAN
A couple of motorways crossed by railroad traffic	COMMERCE
A dog may surpass everything else!	TAKETHEBISCUIT
Access underground type required, haunch regularly being inserted	MANHOLE
Act as custodian of central tower	KEEP
Actors engaged by more liberal radio station	BROADCASTER
At last, decent method that's cutting edge to identify orchid	TWAYBLADE
Beat coming from blooming party!	OUTDO
Benevolent act, throwing coins in water?	WELLWISHING
Broadcast covering almost every aquatic mammal	SEACOW
Celebrity's right to ignore board	STAR
Characteristic spirit of film and book	ETHOS
City man's work involving resistance by hard, thin person	ECTOMORPH
Coolness of church man caught breaking into church office	NONCHALANCE
Disinterment of old philosopher from the East, some say	EXHUMATION
Eastern ogre is ugly — shockingly!	EGREGIOUSLY
Echo, for example, US city's measure of progress	NYMPH
Egoism Narcissus practised on reflection?	SELFREGARD
Esau sold his sleeping-place as reported, OK?	BIRTHRIGHT
European in new diamond mine kept woman in Paris	DEMIMONDAINE
Friend retains memory — one element	CHROMIUM
From that time on, leaders of new crews exercised in Scottish river	THENCEFORTH
Genuine-sounding spin	REEL
Glimpse of small number wasting energy in musical performance	SIGHTING
Go-getting player's forte, possibly?	DYNAMIC
Hope, as I go travelling in parts of canals	OESOPHAGI
In London area, one acting badly after yet another drink!	TOTTENHAM
It enables us to view the old in E9	EYEPIECE
Judge's demesne the present writer's visiting	ESTIMATE
Kit may be robbed and severely beaten	TAKENTOTHECLEANERS
Lady's maid investing one grand in a form of security	ABIGAIL
Like little folk initially embraced by a German	ELFIN
Managed block of flats, having no time for spite	RANCOUR
Married teacher entering claim he prepared at start of year	MICHAELMASTERM
Members of seagoing republic represented in ten navies	VENETIANS
Mistakes made by clothing manufacturers	BLOOMERS
Mother and sibling entertained the governor in interval	PARENTHESIS
Name something short? An insect	TERMITE
Noble Victorian's first daughter leaving club with a French girl	VISCOUNTESS
Oddly, Mr Big's are something in perfume	AMBERGRIS
Old friend in Paris with fake Japanese art	ORIGAMI
One makes plans, and jumps over others on board	DRAUGHTSMAN
Person doing character-forming job on board?	SIGNWRITER
Pigment only cool-headed restorers employed originally	OCHRE
Poor sailors hope for it late in the day	EVENTIDE
Postman beginning to inspect old Spanish courtyard	PATIO
Recollected casual nod's offensive	SCANDALOUS
Refined girl's broadcast about cricket side is charming	DEBONAIR
Reject can, concerned with food preservative	NITRE
Rejected gear left by fishes one found in stream	SCHOOLGIRL
Sanctify extremely 28 ac prince with ring	ENHALO
Seabirds brothers thus found climbing among sheets of rock	SCISSORBILLS
Smarter to engage one in chat	NATTIER
Supporter of Caesar J? The complete opposite	ANTONYM
Teacher spoken of shamefully, like a slave	SERVILELY
Terrible storm bringing trouble to sailors at first	TORNADO
Thoughtful monarch eager at first to accommodate male subject	THEME
Truly fine comeback for Scot ditching a bird	WARBLER
Unspecified obsession characterising benevolent people — or similar	SOMETHINGOFTHEKIND
Upset some gin	TRAP
A boy comes in to chat — it's like nothing on earth	ANTIMATTER
A small piece of deadly action after draw?	QUARTER
Almost come before golden eagle, for one	PREDATOR
Born outside limits, so foreign	NEPALESE
Failure of cover perhaps in spying business?	MISFIELD
Film here without publicity	INCAMERA
Forbidden, having missed deadline, to get into column	TABULATE
Given a break, again experienced energy inside	RELIEVED
Good seat here in circle — not central	RINGSIDE
Gradually erode chalk hill as river runs over	WEARDOWN
Indirectly seek to compass conclusion — I like some Sudokus	FIENDISH
Man getting into end that closes jar	SCREWTOP
Native creatures in file, could one say?	WILDLIFE
Observation about married Italian's devotion	COMMITMENT
Old poet finally dropped, gripped by spasm of the chest	THORACIC
One with sharp eyes joins in conversation	LYNX
Pass across wife's hood	COWL
Quandary: pair to be expelled for minute use of drug?	MEDICAMENT
Rely on policeman removing one swindler	MOUNTEBANK
Short story about secretary's disdain	CONTEMPT
Show concern about learners on river, but it's typically calm	MILLPOND
Spotted fruit in big cup	DAPPLED
Suggesting you bow from one direction?	WESTERN
Teach me to wield knife	MACHETE
Think about old woman being spicy old bag	POMANDER
Useless vibrato ruined voice in the end	ABORTIVE
Welshman with money, say, for queen	DIDO
Worries, head right down in chair	EATS

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