The Times - Cryptic May 31 2002 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 31 2002

Clue	Answer
A battalion is to build up this rampart	ABATIS
Alarm-bell needs to chime at first error	TOCSIN
Diagnostic for infection succeeded with match on child	SCHICKTEST
Drink preparation from root without ice	LIQUOR
Family enthralled by soul music	ULMUS
Father caught a rodent	PACA
Goosefoot plant disease is reported	BLITE
Horny part above bill of fabulous bird I chased back before noon	NARICORN
Hot drink's taken round in Shropshire	SALOOP
I mark out tiny distances	MIKRA
I peer on top of pizza - making out this?	PEPERONI
Initially taking chips off plate, as vinegar is excellent	COPACETIC
Irish dramatist nice in play like Dolly?	SYNGENEIC
Italian city manufacturing Fiat cars?	FRASCATI
Japanese guitar player that's bad is given copper outside	SHAMISEN
Kind of endlessly appearing resin found on trees	KINO
Knocking back drinks, walk unsteadily in Glasgow	STOT
Local officer raised headwear to rude lairds	TAHSILDAR
Low plant people mostly cultivate on hill	TORMENTIL
Motorway gets hot in crash mess	MISHMASH
Play on without interruption	ONEACTER
Polish noble turned back other ranks between stations	STAROSTA
Refrain from Shakespeare's double rhyme for mirror?	TIRRALIRRA
Rhyme for dishy poet	RISHI
Slender creatures one confused with marsh-robin and pica	MARSIPOBRANCHII
Some cheese rolled in dolmades	EDAM
Something making haemoglobin leach out and decay back	CHELATOR
Trim edges from strip with Scots hand-knitted fabric	TRICOT
Turkish inn, it's giving shelter to horse	IMARET
A drink that'll give you bellyache, reportedly	WINE
A lot of grass - drug put back in pipes	REEDSTOP
After turning tap on check temporary repair	PATCH
Applaud role, but on reflection, it's regarded as nonsense	CLAPTRAP
Claim support	MAINTAIN
Count, more importantly, worried about sharp weapon used	OUTBALANCE
Epistle, torn open, seen to be crudely written	POISONPENLETTER
Face revealed how old woman is	VISAGE
Fare not including waiter service?	FASTFOOD
Get the necessary rain, with seed broadcast	RAISETHEWIND
Getting ready, after initial lapse, to make redress	REPARATION
Got together, or the opposite if it's over	UNITED
Hot temper over freeloader?	HANGERON
Make a submission, showing disapproval of the euro?	PROPOUND
Make drunk visit the boss?	GOTOONESHEAD
Nymph's given ring	ECHO
Objection - not in favour of type of examination	TEST
Old novel and SF film advertised in newspaper	SHEET
One may turn up in quiet lake on island	PLOUGHMAN
People of Europe or people of North America? Not North America	ORCADIANS
Principal drinking port had one over the eight? Not quite that many!	HEPTAD
Smile, given support	BEAM
Snappy cricket stroke picking up runs	CURT
Take catch, and win	LAND
They won't be drinking, and shuffling about seats in bar	ABSTAINERS
What may be left by one departing this life?	REALTY
What's new in pub getting great reception?	INNOVATION

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