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Home in castle in Hungarian capital (6)
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FORINT
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Definition: Hungarian capital
IN ("home") in FORT ("castle")
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Falling through ice as escapade finishes (6)
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CEASES
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Definition: finishes
Hidden in "i**CE AS ES**capades"
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Postponed nothing pleasant (2,3)
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ON ICE
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Definition: Postponed
0 + NICE
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Short of time, Rita tried a broken shed light (9)
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IRRADIATE
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Definition: shed light
*(ria tried a)
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1 retiring, say, getting very old (5)
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GOOSE
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Definition: 1
<=e.g. "getting" OOS (see comment 2 for the explanation of OOS)
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Play English actor (5)
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DANCE
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Definition: Play
Double definition
Second def. relates to Charles Dance.
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European brewing cider over spirit (9)
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ICELANDER
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Definition: European
*(cider) "over" ELAN ("spirit")
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Bill really doesn't like Aeneas's companion (7)
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ACHATES
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Definition: Aeneas's companion
a/c + HATES
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Spooner's timid father finds food store (3-4)
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PIE-SHOP
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Definition: food store
Spoonerism of SHY POP
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Duke finished port (5)
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DOVER
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Definition: port
D(uke) + OVER
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1 perhaps Rambo misses mother (3)
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HEN
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Definition: 1
HE (MA)N
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A quiet, posh prime minister backing increase in intensity … (3,2)
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AMPUP
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Definition: increase in intensity
A + <=P U MP
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… then wildly runs by a large entrance (7)
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ENTHRAL
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Definition: entrance
*(then) + R + A L(arge)
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REM comeback follows band's finale with strange musician (7)
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DRUMMER
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Definition: musician
ban(D) + RUM + <=REM
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1 fictional TV and radio presenter? Aha! (9)
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PARTRIDGE
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Definition: 1
Refers to Alan Partridge, one of Steve Coogan's *alter egos, *whose catch phrase was* Knowing Me, Knowing You, aha!
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Jollies undress from top to bottom (5)
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TRIPS
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Definition: Jollies
STRIP with the S moved to the end.
This wordplay is more appropriate for a DOWN clue, though.
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Wooden old actor takes final curtain … (5)
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TREEN
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Definition: Wooden
Refers to Sir Herbert Beerbohm TREE + curtai(N)
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… with artist hugging endless comedy stars (9)
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ANDROMEDA
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Definition: stars
AND ("with") R.A. ("artist") "hugging" (c)OMED(y)
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1 under par that's ignored girlfriend … (4)
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BIRD
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Definition: girlfriend
BIRDIE ("1 under par") ignoring i.e. ("that's")
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… following her rejection, to embrace nice odd European (6)
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FRENCH
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Definition: European
F(ollowing) + <=HER "to embrace" **N**i**C**e
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With victory secured, Hector returned a hero (10)
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ADVENTURER
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Definition: hero
*(retuned a) around V
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Wine regularly drunk by young men and women (6)
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LADIES
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Definition: women
w**I**n**E "**drunk by" LADS
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Novel writer encapsulates dreadful pirate sacking island (5,3)
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PETER PAN
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Definition: Novel
PEN ("writer") "ecapsulates" *(prate)
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Turkish commander has a good laugh (4)
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AGHA
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Definition: Turkish commander
A + G(ood) + HA ("laugh")
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Ground in supreme authority (8)
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LORDSHIP
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Definition: supreme authority
LORDS(cricket "ground") + HIP ("in", as in trendy)
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Fruit are squished when put under pressure (4)
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PEAR
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Definition: Fruit
P + *(are)
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Dad dancing — extremely liable to confuse! (5)
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ADDLE
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Definition: confuse
*(dad) + L(iabl)E
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Leaving Earth on holiday? Take in Uranus at the beginning (10)
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EVACUATION
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Definition: Leaving
E + VACATION "taking in" U(ranus)
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1p + 1p? Er … (5)
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PIPER
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Definition: 1
P + 1P + ER
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Disciples are against books by stars (8)
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VOTARIES
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Definition: Disciples
V ("short for "versus", so "against") + O.T. ("books") + ARIES (constellation, hence "stars")
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Exhausted, like "la" or "te"? (4-4)
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HALFDEAD
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Definition: Exhausted
LA and TE are halves of LATE, a synonym of "dead"
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Inside, doctors are cooking quails (6)
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DREADS
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Definition: quails
DRS with *(are) inside
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Might she wear tights having no runs? (6)
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MAIDEN
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Definition: Might she wear tights
A MAIDEN may wear tights and a MAIDEN over has no runs in it
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Party to develop a "Third Way" (4)
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PATH
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Definition: Way
Hidden in "develo**P A TH**ird"
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22 across's endless call (4)
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RING
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Definition: call
RING(O) as in Ringo Starr
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1 small and pale (4)
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SWAN
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Definition: 1
S + WAN
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May bores drink with an old pedlar? (7)
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CHAPMAN
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Definition: old pedlar
I can't parse this. I can see M for May and AN, but the "drink" has me beaten. Thanks to commenters below, I can now see that the parsing is P.M. ("May") "boring" CHA ("drink") and AN.
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Victor Hugo initially abandons flowering plant (7)
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CAMPION
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Definition: flowering plant
CHAMPION with the H(ugo) removed.
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"Old King Cole" artist's covered (4)
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LEAR
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Definition: Old King
Covered by (ie hidden in) "co**LE AR**tist's"
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Artisan might put out stocks sold wrongly (9)
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GOLDSMITH
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Definition: Artisan
*(might) "stocks" *(sold)
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Tender from bash (5)
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POUND
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Definition: Tender
Double definition
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Small bird's young daughter leaves baby (8)
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SUCKLING
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Definition: baby
S(mall) + (d)UCKLING
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Roman leader's attempt to get back in senate (4)
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POPE
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Definition: Roman leader
POP ("attempt") + (senat)E
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Poles following ebb of Polish streams (5)
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BURNS
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Definition: streams
N and S ("poles") "following" <=RUB ("polish", backwards, indicated by "ebb")
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Fit clothes round anything put across here? (4)
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POET
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Definition: anything put across here
PET ("fit") as in a fit of temper, "clothes" O ("round")
And anything put across here refers to all the other across answers, who are all POETs
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Painter to resist making amendments (8)
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ROSSETTI
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Definition: Painter
*(to resist)
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Means to lift fallen arches, a bit revolutionary (5)
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CRANE
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Definition: Means to lift
Hidden backwards in "fall**EN ARC**hes"
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Was a disheartened Dave Cameron his work? (9)
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BOCCACCIO
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Definition: Was a disheartened Dave Cameron his work
Boccaccio wrote the D(av)ECAMERON.
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British art institution, say, a non-starter (4)
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TATE
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Definition: British art institution
(s)TATE
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Rebuffed sellers holding back buyer? (7)
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SPENDER
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Definition: buyer
<=REPS ("sellers) "holding" END ("back")
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Kiss overwhelms a firm, vain fellow (7)
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PEACOCK
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Definition: vain fellow
PECK ("kiss") "overwhelms" A Co. ("firm")
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Calling out, get lost in Oxford? (4)
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SHOE
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Definition: Oxford
Homophone of SHOO ("get lost"), and an Oxford is a type of shoe.
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Erupt violently, punching 100 square metres to make hole (8)
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APERTURE
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Definition: hole
*(erupt) in ARE ("100 square metres")
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Boasted striking top is worn (6)
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RAGGED
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Definition: worn
(b)RAGGED
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Doesn't go barefoot as comfort for supplicants (8)
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HASSOCKS
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Definition: comfort for supplicants
HAS SOCKS ("doesn't go barefoot")
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Leading 17 across requiring much effort (6)
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UPHILL
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Definition: requiring much effort
UP ("leading") + (Geoffrey) HILL
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My turn — pipe down! (4)
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GOSH
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Definition: My
GO ("turn") + SH ("pipe down!")
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Sad relics arranged in storage medium (9)
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LASERDISC
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Definition: storage medium
*(sad relics)
This could nearly be an & lit. as laserdiscs themselves are sad relics, these days.
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P&O crossing popular still (5)
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PHOTO
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Definition: still
P(HOT)O
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Pretty inclusive of English family member (5)
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NIECE
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Definition: family member
NICE including E(nglish)
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Shopped and risked money, ready to fail (8)
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BETRAYED
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Definition: Shopped
BET ("risked money") + *(ready)
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Most recent cutting snaps materials (8)
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PLASTICS
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Definition: materials
LAST ("most recent") "cutting" PICS ("snaps")
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Mathematician's line is able to divide group (6)
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SECANT
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Definition: Mathematician's line
CAN ("to divide") SET
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Jug with extra ice in (6)
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COOLER
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Definition: Jug
Double definition
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Rolls heading for Barmouth, a resort on the up (4)
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BAPS
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Definition: Rolls
B(armouth) + <=SPA
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Dry sandwiches a cold delicacy (4)
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TACT
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Definition: delicacy
TT (teetotal, so "dry") "sandwiches" A C(old)
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Arsonist not quite stable, one wearing rubber (4-6)
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FIRE-RAISER
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Arsonist not quite stable, one wearing rubber (4-6)
FIR(m) + 1 in ERASER
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Second wager (4)
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BACK
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Second wager (4)
Double definition
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Bank of Scotland (4)
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BRAE
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Bank of Scotland (4)
Scottish word for hill
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System of betting in Lima, Peru – put off, losing plenty, initially (4-6)
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PARI MUTUEL
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System of betting in Lima, Peru – put off, losing plenty, initially (4-6)
*(lima peru (p)ut)
Parimutuel is similar to the Tote system of betting, where all the stakes are thrown into a pot, and the amount to be won determined from the value of the total pot.
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Church caretaker attacked carrying cross (6)
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SEXTON
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Church caretaker attacked carrying cross (6)
SET ON "carrying" X
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Elected Conservative must ring her right away on paper (2,6)
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IN THEORY
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Elected Conservative must ring her right away on paper (2,6)
IN TORY "ringing" HE(r)
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Shrink in car probing attractive person (8)
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DIMINISH
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Shrink in car probing attractive person (8)
MINI "probing" DISH
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Manage to catch leader of expedition (4)
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COPE
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Manage to catch leader of expedition (4)
COP + E(xpedition)
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Leading performer, nearly bald (4)
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STAR
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Leading performer, nearly bald (4)
STAR(k)
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Treacherous behaviour in crude piece of drama (4,4)
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FOUL PLAY
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Treacherous behaviour in crude piece of drama (4,4)
FOUL ("crude") + PLAY
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Beggar beginning to board barge (8)
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BLIGHTER
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Beggar beginning to board barge (8)
B(oard) + LIGHTER
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Sounds like a sure-fire winner in state (6)
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ASSERT
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Sounds like a sure-fire winner in state (6)
Homophone of A CERT
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Certainly, in every possible way (2,3,5)
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BY ALL MEANS
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Certainly, in every possible way (2,3,5)
Douible definition
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Fuss unduly, entertaining daughter (2-2)
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TO-DO
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Fuss unduly, entertaining daughter (2-2)
TOO "entertaining" D
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Swine in pub, drinking nothing (4)
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BOAR
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Swine in pub, drinking nothing (4)
BAR "drinking" 0
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Team triumph, the German air-to-air missile (10)
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SIDEWINDER
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Team triumph, the German air-to-air missile (10)
SIDE + WIN + DER
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Old PM blowing top coming from Tel Aviv, perhaps (7)
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ISRAELI
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Old PM blowing top coming from Tel Aviv, perhaps (7)
(d)ISRAELI
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Still ahead of time in competition (5)
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EVENT
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Still ahead of time in competition (5)
EVEN "ahead of" T
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Supplement that may need to be removed? (8)
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APPENDIX
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Supplement that may need to be removed? (8)
Double definition
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Plain sailing? Right on! (15)
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STRAIGHTFORWARD
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Plain sailing? Right on! (15)
Double definition
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Distant meteor, rocky (6)
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REMOTE
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Distant meteor, rocky (6)
*(meteor)
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Book with complete chapter on winning flower (9)
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BUTTERCUP
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Book with complete chapter on winning flower (9)
B + UTTER ("complete") + C(hapter) + UP ("winning")
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Solve first of conundrums humorist raised (5,2)
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CLEAR UP
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Solve first of conundrums humorist raised (5,2)
C(onundrums) + LEAR + UP
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Unconventional Irish soldier? (9)
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IRREGULAR
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Unconventional Irish soldier? (9)
Ir. + REGULAR
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Bird from USA crows jostled (8)
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CURASSOW
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Bird from USA crows jostled (8)
*(usa crows)
A currasow is a New World game bird
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Sporting call from friend in hot pants (5-2)
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TALLY-HO
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Sporting call from friend in hot pants (5-2)
ALLY in *(hot)
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Reduce the length of a card game (7)
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ABRIDGE
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Reduce the length of a card game (7)
A + BRIDGE
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End of play is baffling (6)
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STUMPS
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End of play is baffling (6)
Double definition
STUMPS is a cricket term for the end of the day's play when the stumps are taken out of the ground
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Silky material modelled at home (5)
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SATIN
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Silky material modelled at home (5)
SAT + IN
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Notice about a part to be cast on its own (8)
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SEPARATE
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Notice about a part to be cast on its own (8)
SEE ("notice") "about" *(a part)
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Accounts written across blackboards (6)
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TABLES
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Accounts written across blackboards (6)
TALES "written across" B(lack)
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Pungent fish taste variable (8)
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GARLICKY
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Pungent fish taste variable (8)
GAR ("fish") + LICK ("taste") + Y ("variable", in mathematics)
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Way to incorporate wood in old instrument (6)
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SPINET
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Way to incorporate wood in old instrument (6)
St. ("way") "to incorporate" PINE ("wood")
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Get irate, tickled by feather (8)
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AIGRETTE
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Get irate, tickled by feather (8)
*(get irate)
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