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Article about mad cow disease supports people away (9)
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ABSENTEES
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Article about mad cow disease supports people away (9)
AN ("article") about BSE ("mad cow disease") + TEES ("support")
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Crash car banned in country event (4,5)
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BARN DANCE
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Crash car banned in country event (4,5)
*(car banned)
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Green benches are seen here after 1 across parks (7)
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COMMONS
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Green benches are seen here after 1 across parks (7)
(House of) COMMONS
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Hat to be kept by child (7)
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STETSON
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Hat to be kept by child (7)
STET ("to be kept") + SON ("child")
Stet is a proofreader's mark, meaning "leave as is"
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Partly reviving a torpid swimmer (5)
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GATOR
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Partly reviving a torpid swimmer (5)
Hidden in "revivin**G A TOR**pid"
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1 across sometimes seen next to this ground (5)
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LORDS
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1 across sometimes seen next to this ground (5)
(House of) LORDS an the cricket ground in London
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John Kerry loses footing twice getting to one of 19 (5)
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JOKER
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John Kerry loses footing twice getting to one of 19 (5)
JO(hn) KER(ry)
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Business expenses liable to cause a storm? (8,7)
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OVERHEAD CHARGES
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Business expenses liable to cause a storm? (8,7)
Cryptic definition
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Jack upsets aunt with the French spider (9)
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TARANTULA
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Jack upsets aunt with the French spider (9)
TAR + *(aunt) + LA
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Island for outcast in Copperbelt (5)
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CORFU
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Island for outcast in Copperbelt (5)
*(for) in a belt of CU
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Begged for petrol, initially, containing additive (7)
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PLEADED
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Begged for petrol, initially, containing additive (7)
P(etrol) + LEADED
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Read without spontaneity (7)
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STUDIED
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Read without spontaneity (7)
Double definition
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Declaim regularly, being a priest (3)
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ELI
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Declaim regularly, being a priest (3)
(d)**E**(c)**L**(a)**I**(m)
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He searches for another gear (7)
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FORAGER
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He searches for another gear (7)
FOR + *(gear)
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Understand and win popularity (5,2)
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CATCH ON
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Understand and win popularity (5,2)
Double definition
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Frightful house — I'd move (7)
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HIDEOUS
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Frightful house — I'd move (7)
*(house i'd)
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Shorten a river crossing (7)
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ABRIDGE
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Shorten a river crossing (7)
A BRIDGE
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High-class navy vessel (3)
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URN
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High-class navy vessel (3)
U + R.N.
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Gates secured by catches? (7)
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WICKETS
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Gates secured by catches? (7)
Cryptic definition
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Stunt of former pilot in a spin (7)
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EXPLOIT
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Stunt of former pilot in a spin (7)
EX + *(pilot)
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They fly or take a train (5)
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RAILS
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They fly or take a train (5)
Cryptic definition
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Useless advice! (9)
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ECONOMISE
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Useless advice! (9)
Instruction to USE LESS
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Result of not passing an oral examination? (6,9)
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DENTAL TREATMENT
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Result of not passing an oral examination? (6,9)
Cryptic definition
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Feeling extremely happy, having reached the North Pole? (2,3,2,3,5)
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ON TOP OF THE WORLD
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Feeling extremely happy, having reached the North Pole? (2,3,2,3,5)
Double definition, one mildly cryptic
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Strange oriental lake (5)
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EERIE
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Strange oriental lake (5)
E + ERIE
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Ashamed to kill one's best friend (7)
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HANGDOG
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Ashamed to kill one's best friend (7)
HANG + DOG
Is a DOG not more usually MAN'S BEST FRIEND?
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Apart and sure to be different (7)
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ASUNDER
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Apart and sure to be different (7)
*(and sure)
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Form shown by Olympic finalists in big race (7)
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CLASSIC
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Form shown by Olympic finalists in big race (7)
CLASS + (olymp)IC
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Bill is an aristocrat, we hear (7)
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ACCOUNT
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Bill is an aristocrat, we hear (7)
Homophone of A COUNT
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Dressed for dinner, perhaps? (9)
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GARNISHED
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Dressed for dinner, perhaps? (9)
Cryptic definition
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Money well spent on hearing aids? (5,10)
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SOUND INVESTMENT
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Money well spent on hearing aids? (5,10)
Cryptic definition
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Revised version of a Communist battle (9)
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REDACTION
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Revised version of a Communist battle (9)
RED ACTION
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One getting a lot of runs in Australia (3)
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EMU
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One getting a lot of runs in Australia (3)
Cryptic definition
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A pound for a white dress (3)
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ALB
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A pound for a white dress (3)
A LB
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Supervise, we hear, somewhere abroad (7)
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OVERSEA
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Supervise, we hear, somewhere abroad (7)
Homophone of OVERSEE
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Dubious character? (7)
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SUSPECT
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Dubious character? (7)
Supposed to be cryptic definition, but closer to a straight definition, in my opinion
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New name given to a single bloom (7)
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ANEMONE
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New name given to a single bloom (7)
*(name) + ONE
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Relationship hit by drink (7)
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RAPPORT
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Relationship hit by drink (7)
RAP + PORT
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The girl with nothing to exist for? (5)
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OLIVE
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The girl with nothing to exist for? (5)
O + LIVE
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Democratic slogan for bridge contract? (2-5)
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NO-TRUMP
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Democratic slogan for bridge contract? (2-5)
Double defintition.
The Democrats (as well as most sane people around the world) certainly won't want Trump to be around after November, and no-trump is a term in bridge.
I know nothing about bridge, so I copied this from the Internet – *In bridge, you have wild cards, too, called trump cards. However, in bridge, the trump cards are really wild because they change from hand to hand, depending on the bidding.*
*The bidding determines whether a hand will be played with trump cards or in a notrump contract (a hand that has no trump cards). If the final bid names a trump suit, that suit is the wild suit for the hand. For example, suppose that the final bid is 4♠ — this bid determines that spades are trump (or wild) for the entire hand.
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They're set back in a pit, keeping tempo essentially (7)
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TIMPANI
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They're set back in a pit, keeping tempo essentially (7)
<=IN A PIT keeping (te)M(po) &lit.
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Fibre protects hard area in front of altar (5)
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CHOIR
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Fibre protects hard area in front of altar (5)
COIR ("fibre") protects H(ard)
Coir is a fibre made from the outer hisk of coconuts.
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Completed complex thing suddenly (9)
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OVERNIGHT
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Completed complex thing suddenly (9)
OVER ("completed") + *(thing)
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Put in the picture about Holland, 18 bypassed Spain (9)
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ENLIGHTEN
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Put in the picture about Holland, 18 bypassed Spain (9)
NL ("Holland") in EIGHTE(e)N ("18" with E ("Spain") bypassed)
Not satisfied with NL for Holland, as technically speaking, Holland is part of the Netherlands, although Holland is often used loosely to mean all of the Netherlands. There was no reason why Redshank couldn't have used Netherlands in the clue.
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Build over university assembly (5)
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FORUM
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Build over university assembly (5)
FORM ("build") over U(niversity)
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Right magazine's left? Many watch it (9,5)
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SPECTATOR SPORT
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Right magazine's left? Many watch it (9,5)
SPECTATOR ("Right magazine") + PORT ("left")
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Disreputable state splits coalition almost completely (14)
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UNPROFESSIONAL
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Disreputable state splits coalition almost completely (14)
PROFESS ("state") splits UNION ("coalition") + AL(l) ("almost completely")
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Less ignorant organisations arranged refreshing place (5)
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OASIS
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Less ignorant organisations arranged refreshing place (5)
*(organisations – ignorant)
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Return to typical state, African one Norwegian seized (9)
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NORMALISE
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Return to typical state, African one Norwegian seized (9)
MALI ("African one") seized by NORSE ("Norwegian")
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At home with gang, eating it on paper (2,7)
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IN WRITING
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At home with gang, eating it on paper (2,7)
IN ("at home") + W(ith) + RING ("gang") eating IT
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F1 driver finishes early, creating resentment (5)
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PIQUE
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F1 driver finishes early, creating resentment (5)
(Nelson) PIQUE(t), who won the F1 championship three times between 1981 and 1987.
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Crime nearly solved after drug seized (7)
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LARCENY
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Crime nearly solved after drug seized (7)
*(nearly) with C(ocaine) seized
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Sprinter losing lead in city's superior quarters? (7)
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NUNNERY
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Sprinter losing lead in city's superior quarters? (7)
(r)UNNER in N.Y.
A mother superior would be quartered in a nunnery.
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Clue in novel's central parts (6)
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NUCLEI
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Clue in novel's central parts (6)
*(clue in)
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Strip shrouds and ruin moves by first of galleons (5)
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UNRIG
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Strip shrouds and ruin moves by first of galleons (5)
*(ruin) + G(alleons)
My nautical knowledge isn't up to trying to explain "strip shrouds", but shrouds are ropes, and that's about as much as I know.
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F1 driver's speed flat out? (9)
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PROSTRATE
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F1 driver's speed flat out? (9)
(Alain) PROST ("F1 driver") + RATE ("speed")
Alain Prost won the F1 championship four times between 1985 and 1993.
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Wooden utensils, about 10 boxes (5)
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TREEN
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Wooden utensils, about 10 boxes (5)
RE ("about") boxed by TEN
TREEN means "made of wood" and in at least one dictionary, this is extended to woodenware.
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Obvious hole in platform (9)
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MANIFESTO
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Obvious hole in platform (9)
MANIFEST ("obvious") + O ("hole")
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City in France almost supplies incense (5)
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ANGER
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City in France almost supplies incense (5)
ANGER(s) is a city in the North West of France.
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Suggest prisoner keeps it up (8)
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INTIMATE
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Suggest prisoner keeps it up (8)
INMATE ("prisoner") keeps <=IT
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People die caught in this hybrid tree (English) (9)
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CROSSFIRE
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People die caught in this hybrid tree (English) (9)
CROSS ("hybrid") + FIR ("tree") + E(nglish)
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It's vital for female genes or to cuckoo (9)
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OESTROGEN
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It's vital for female genes or to cuckoo (9)
*(genes or to)
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Old earl employs squalid perverted slave (9)
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ODALISQUE
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Old earl employs squalid perverted slave (9)
*(squalid) in O(ld) E(arl)
Don't remeber having seen "employed" used as a container indicator before?
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Class sort out test cases (8)
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TUTORIAL
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Class sort out test cases (8)
*(out) cased by TRIAL ("test")
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Plant's computer systems removed from dispatch (6)
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CELERY
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Plant's computer systems removed from dispatch (6)
I.T. ("computer systems") removed from CELERITY ("dispatch")
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Waste taken away in this small jug (5)
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SEWER
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Waste taken away in this small jug (5)
S(mall) + EWER ("jug")
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Top seed, say, lacks gut for making racket (5)
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NOISY
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Top seed, say, lacks gut for making racket (5)
No. 1 ("top seed") + S(a)Y
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Type of popular non-U winter resort (5)
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ASPEN
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Type of popular non-U winter resort (5)
An ASPEN is a type of POPLAR ("popular" without the U)
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It saves doctor a bit of leg, eradicating the onset of gangrene (8)
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LIFEBOAT
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Definition: It saves
*(a bit of le)G
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Reported to be stretched tight, as instructed (6)
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TAUGHT
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Definition: instructed
Homophone of TAUT
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Score book? (4)
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MARK
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Definition: Score
Double definition
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Fireworks in the sky make Penny nervous, excited — even gassy (10)
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SUPERNOVAS
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Definition: Fireworks in the sky
*(P nervous) + g**A**s**S**y
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Heroine, fair but no saint, covers up deception (6)
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JULIET
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Definition: Heroine
JU(s)T "covers up" LIE
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Alarmed, Pluto made move to bite Mickey's bottom! (8)
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DISMAYED
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Definition: Alarmed
DIS ("Pluto") + (micke)Y in *(made)
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Caretaker: "I was taken in by Trojan hoax" (7)
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JANITOR
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Definition: Caretaker
I in *(trojan)
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Answer: can son leave bed for fruit? (7)
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APRICOT
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Definition: fruit
A + PRI(son) + COT
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One installed in York, perhaps (8)
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MINISTER
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Definition: One installed in York, perhaps
1 in MINSTER
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Rubbish film trip (6)
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JUNKET
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Definition: trip
JUNK + E.T.
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Indoor court reportedly 88 degrees (10)
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DOCTORATES
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Definition: degrees
CT in DOOR + homophone of "8s"
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Top 10 record gets a spin (4)
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APEX
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Definition: Top
<=X E.P. A
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Enigma's output and what to do with it? (6)
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DECODE
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Definition: what to do with it
DE ("Germany") + CODE
The Enigma machine decoded German codes.
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English sailor monkeys about alone (8)
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SEPARATE
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Definition: alone
<=E TAR APES
although apes and monkeys are not the same thing
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Author's upset with hitch over a tropical American tree (8)
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SIMARUBA
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Definition: tropical American tree
<=AMIS + RUB + A
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Take a secret look around castle (4)
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PEEK
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Definition: Take a secret look
<=KEEP
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Blimey! TV reveals ladies' clothing (6)
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CORSET
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Definition: ladies' clothing
COR! + (T.V.) SET
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Upright held by bolts and dolts (7)
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STUPIDS
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Definition: dolts
PI in STUDS
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Special bitter drink gets things going (6,2)
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STARTS UP
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Definition: gets things going
S + TART + SUP
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Computerised equipment puts gold in tomato soup (10)
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AUTOMATION
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Definition: Computerised equipment
AU *(in tomato)
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Catchword wears thin on the radio (6)
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PHRASE
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Definition: Catchword
Homophone of FRAYS
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Can I return? First, run away from helping Trigger (10)
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INITIATION
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Definition: Trigger
<=TIN I +1 + (r)ATION
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Building great? Not according to plan (2,6)
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ON TARGET
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Definition: according to plan
*(great not)
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Dish given to me — let tea be brought out (8)
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OMELETTE
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Definition: Dish
Hidden in "t**O**** ME LET TE**a"
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Being against Twenty20 and ODI cricket, appeal (7)
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PROTEST
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Definition: appeal
PRO TEST
Someone in favour of tests MAY be against the shorter versions of the game, although not necessarily (I llike them all, for example)
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Pressed feed? (6)
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IRONED
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Definition: Pressed
Fe. (IRON) + ED
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Mourinho's supported by local patriarch (6)
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JOSEPH
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Definition: patriarch
JOSE (Mourinho) + P.H. (public house, so "local")
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Port causes Daily Mail editor to blow his top (4)
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ACRE
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Definition: Port
(d)ACRE
Paul Dacre has been editor of the Daily Fail since 1992
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Maine's not mistaken for another state (9)
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MINNESOTA
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Definition: state
*(maines not)
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Characteristic principally lacking with a dish from India (5)
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RAITA
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Definition: dish from India
(t)RAIT + A
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Good promise falling short in artist (7)
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GAUGUIN
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Definition: artist
G + AUGU(r) + IN
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Piece of skill in gambling producing large financial gain (7)
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KILLING
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Definition: large financial gain
Hidden in "s**KILL IN G**ambling"
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