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knightsbridge | In central London, stop men going on the game (13) |
bobolinks | Black cuckoo in book about large and small American birds (9) |
sea view | Prospect of the drink running out - wives each getting stuck in (3,4) |
harkness | Rose's Ena finds king not yet retired? (8) |
treasonable | A belt administered without cause is capitally offensive (11) |
ponies | Small horses take one sip without restraint (6) |
timetable | Schedule means item is thrown out by the board (9) |
periapt | A tipper distributed the old charm (7) |
effendis | Respectable people in Middle East find fees manipulated (8) |
keep tabs on | Follow beat, spoken in different pattern (4,4,2) |
re echo | Wild cheer end of grotto makes resonate (2,4) |
agitator | Activist, a good one, thanks to queen (8) |
fatherland | Half ardent about Germany, for example (10) |
up your street | Insult nurse in conversation - that's fine for you? (2,4,6) |
benefactor | He helps France to be free (10) |
at ease | A twit is relaxed (2,4) |
sponsor | Backtrack with Poles moving in … (7) |
tom yum | Soup that's a mile off maternal dedication (3,3) |
sleeping around | A nude girl's open about being promiscuous (8,6) |
volunteers | Offers to play lovers' tune (10) |
strong arms | Extremes of terror in air - with weapons, treats violently (6,4) |
surroundings | High on drugs, ruins the environment (12) |
buskin | Footwear for performin' on the hoof (6) |
mooned | Sixties' scooter rider claiming one dropped trousers (6) |
objections | Protests as job notices are wrong (10) |
imbalance | One can blame corrupt bias (9) |
buttressed | Supported, nevertheless, with locks (10) |
gets on | Boards succeed when limiting costs ultimately (4,2) |
roundhead | Parliamentarian dog spoke aloud in the style of Spooner (9) |
casual | Being careless is responsible for United getting relegated (6) |
trump card | The turn of a doctor to act, having swallowed steak: a real advantage (5,4) |
echelons | Troops stepped out in these formations (8) |
eyeballs | Advice to games players on confrontational features? (8) |
ethane | Beginning to erupt, chief of clan producing gas (6) |
yuppified | Yen increased, provided one invested and got smarter? (9) |
the sphinx | Inscrutable type - he's quiet during lean times (3,6) |
remote | Distant meteor disintegrates (6) |
sheet iron | Beginner breaks Polish fabricating material (5,4) |
flatiron | Pressing need for home club (8) |
carried on | Girl and boy flirted (7,2) |
freudian | Posh dons, boy and man, following the founder of psychoanalysis (8) |
upper | Superior part of Oxford? (5) |
etch | Produce a work of art from scratch (4) |
autographs | Star signs? (10) |
wear a helmet | Guardian man in sea came across advice for cyclist (4,1,6) |
roadrunners | Birds, by the sound of it, travelled on skis (11) |
narayan | Indian writer's granny's eaten a fish (7) |
wholemeal | Like some bread - but you may not want it for this! (9) |
molotov | Doctor gets big reduction, they say, on Russian cocktail (7) |
twain | Tango with a modern writer (5) |
freedom | Immunity from holding up river (7) |
wire bird | Winged one short piece during Telegraph Road (4,4) |
plate layer | Sportsman embraced old workman (5,5) |
herm | Island recluse is not with it (4) |
impeded | Obstructed editors going after troublemaker (7) |
prances | Shows off? Rep can change direction! (7) |
spice girls | Mistakes turning up - cold, horrible Geri splitting band (5,5) |
go far | Have great success as explorer? (2,3) |
a minor | Former dictator presented with gold key (1,5) |
spare time | Period one could see as emptier (5,4) |
puncher | Provider of hit joke on opening of French letter (7) |
bhindi | Bells originally found on Indian ladies' fingers (6) |
metacarpi | Before one gets minced meat and fish fingers, depend on them (9) |
lichi | Chilli left out, resorting to fruit (5) |
offerings | Duck very loud rock singer sacrifices (9) |
put to flight | Cherub on stairs forced to flee (3,2,6) |
heptarch | Letter penned by Thatcher (not the heartless, batty old ruler) (8) |
bergander | Live by river? Look for duck (9) |
the great | Impressive group here that includes short bird (3,5) |
effect | Aftermath of force (6) |
aberrance | It's not normal to make dancing bear caper without money (9) |
omniscient | In error, since I'm not all-knowing (10) |
witchcraft | Spelling power (10) |
erne | High-flier spotted in Sheerness (4) |
better off dead | Useless effort debated without value in existence (6,3,4) |
selfie stick | Hold out for one's viewpoint about life support (6,5) |
discalced | Record first conducted without leader of choir going barefoot (9) |
punch and judy | Famous knockabout comedy duo (5,3,4) |
echidnas | Egg-laying mammals had since evolved (8) |
twangs | Plucks out, at last, name amongst sporting partners (6) |
browbeat | Bull's first line to lick cow (8) |
twitched | Boy interrupted by horrible woman was nervous (8) |
genital | Tangle one, perhaps, gets into from such activity (7) |
orc | Sea monster found in Worcestershire (3) |
edward | King Lear, for example (6) |
one jump ahead | What the crafty bounder kept? (3,4,5) |
track down | Run to earth with the lines set in place? (5,4) |
dark age | Risk loading silver on back of truck? There's no written record of it (4,3) |
binary star | Arty with brains, terribly brilliant couple here? (6,4) |
reeling off | Language used by female in bank, speaking rapidly (7,3) |
acts of god | Following trail back on rocky coast leads to disasters (4,2,3) |
wrap | Muffle sound of punishment (4) |
dutch uncle | He will soundly criticise a foreign pawnbroker (5,5) |
ageless | Extremely old, turning in, dress elegantly (7) |
pedagogue | Teacher gaped, disturbed by a topless rogue! (9) |
cremorne gardens | More grand screen characters seen at the Victorian place of entertainment (8,7) |
dustbin | Refuse to go here with Spooner's broken racket (7) |
beer hall | Wild harebell in Munich, perhaps (4,4) |
twinkling | After Thailand fly over Kuala Lumpur in a flash (9) |
laid down | Insisted upon or abandoned? (4,4) |