The Times - Cryptic - December 28, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - This puzzle was one of three tackled in 60 minutes by the 24 Grand Finalists in the 2016 Times Crossword Championship, 12 of them solving it correctly; seven managed three all-correct solutions. - December 28, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
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Back of Flintshire vehicles displaying this name?EVANS
Beetle is one to give you a lift?ELATER
Cheese and wine with a filling tartPORTSALUT
Cockney's grooming tool put out of the pictureAIRBRUSH
Country mansion refurbished with care internallySANMARINO
Dicky is out of this in gradesSORTS
Different horses out of bounds in hippodrome?ARENA
Ecstasy I'd aroused in one barely earning a living?ECDYSIAST
Facing hooligan, King taken inLEARNED
Father and daughter in dockPADRE
Hospital department admits cool type who could be terrible?ENFANT
In most of the country, pits appearing to be extensiveWHOLESALE
Insects found in sink and back of toilet are repelledDIPTERA
Leather veilHIDE
Motoring organisation dismissing a girlTHEA
 
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Parliamentary aide holding skirt and dresses upPRIMPS
Poles about to import small fruitSWEETSOP
Pop into safe neighbourhood, primarily for playPETERPAN
Provided sailor meal after fastIFTAR
Retired academics over in Tahiti remembered to some extentEMERITI
Sellers perhaps best to state opinion openlyGOONRECORD
Short track with a dramatic soloSCENA
Some seaman to reverse a difficult situationRATTRAP
Source on newspaper: 'is our boss in order?"WELLORGANISED
Spanish missionary is cross with a small number in MunichXAVIER
Special tea is after standard spongePARASITE
Stars in scrape said to get supportGREATBEAR
Transferral of cargo in less serious timesLIGHTERAGE
Unruly separatist not finishing off old provincesSATRAPIES
What an energy minister has to succeed in?POWERPOLITICS

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