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nailers | Those fixing cars - Reliant's part turned up (7) |
nemesis | Closures of once prosperous mines provoked one to take revenge (7) |
matthew | Boy with no glossy cut (7) |
single figures | Pop CD's sales stats? Disappointing if in these (6,7) |
opera seria | Attention-seeker squeezing soft rubber article for entertainment in Italy (5,5) |
garnered | Gardener cultivated and gathered in crops (8) |
fathomable | Within the scope of a plumber (10) |
flawed | Damaged when knocked over, say (6) |
bullies | Cows - that's admitted by their mates (7) |
show trial | Trails off - without question a mockery of justice (4,5) |
filer | Office worker, one doing her nails? (5) |
portal | Left a line entry to the Web (6) |
whimsy | My wish for something fancy (6) |
crestfallen | Dejected as ridge collapsed (11) |
blackpool tower | Telephone secures new tool pack for seaside attraction (9,5) |
bears out | Confirms what Goldilocks found (5,3) |
peter the hermit | Crusader with authority to include half tertiary males (5,3,6) |
ritzier | Smarter legal documents listener mentioned (7) |
dill seed | Action about complaints of flavouring (4,4) |
exposer | It's an old question of one blowing the whistle (7) |
toxaemia | Send back perfect lamb, perhaps, having eaten beef to get blood poisoning (8) |
truculent | It's said the merchandise you supplied is contentious (9) |
soda lime | Drying agent painter used in second East End abode (4,4) |
eminem | Compiler turned round compiler's former rapper (6) |
gazelle | Fast mover short of four feet - look out! (7) |
wood nymph | Dryad gets Allen round number at speed (4,5) |
orbed | Spherical, precious metal bottom (5) |
casino | Counterfeit coin as used by gamblers (6) |
mend | People first do the repair (4) |
halberds | Old weapons ensure cattle are outside a pound (8) |
one sided | Being prejudiced is only right, say (3,5) |
expert | Former forward, one who should know better (6) |
namesakes | People of the same calling (9) |
guinness | This Alec displaying genuine class in cast (8) |
nacho | In Yucat谩n a choice snack (5) |
lionel | First person taken in by isolated Labour leader - Blair (6) |
managing | Guy dating is carrying on (8) |
the games up | Grouse shooting imminent, so surrender! (3,5,2) |
driftwood | Import deal possibly giving source of free fuel? (9) |
gulag | Silence enshrouds upper and lower prison camps (5) |
elections | Occasions when children may not be choosy (9) |
dottiest | Sit exam - holding it back is extremely silly (8) |
caring | Bill lifts telephone, showing concern (6) |
amiability | Warmth mainly in the centre of power (10) |
filled in | Was a substitute informed? (6,2) |
haddenham | Bucks village deceived by another with studio (9) |
marrowbone jelly | Wed without ring? New job possible at length with this concoction (10,5) |
mandelson | Politician misled into taking mansion I had to leave? (9) |
ladys smock | Plant fake on confused society, sadly (5,5) |
troll | Monster fish (5) |
exit strategy | Plan to go at sixty - regret abandoning first career (4,8) |
subwoofer | Low-pitched noise from this replacement dog (9) |
still worse | Even more deplorable, slower list must be used (5,5) |
iceni | Old folk in Spain invading picnic with no clothes on (5) |
irritating | Tiresome Irish girl can start to grate (10) |
bit part | Check interest in minor role (3,4) |
blouses | Women's garments - look! - in public transport (7) |
guana | Reptile unknown out of South American country (5) |
pedalo | Stopped alongside, showing craft (6) |
viewfinder | Market researcher on camera (10) |
herero | African champion captures soldier (6) |
guerilla | Argue surprisingly about sick terrorist (8) |
bloom | Flourish, due to return of low pound (5) |
sewell | Puff about key to English novelist (6) |
blanks | They're fired and spaces need to be filled (6) |
meredith | One girl or another at the French seaside? (8) |
tetchy | Irascible Tory losing heart but keeping score (6) |
bovary | Emma, born with appropriate gland (6) |
amateur | Inexpert morning article true to form (7) |
keepy uppy | Pay for rich kid in football game (5,4) |
nugatory | Weapon turned on a politician of little value (8) |
set upon | Determined to attack (3,4) |
embower | Shelter soldiers put up over obsolete weapon (7) |
good turn | Gone to ground but this is kind and helpful (4,4) |
self abasement | Fleas dancing below stairs, Uriah Heep's speciality (4,9) |
symbiosis | My boss is shattered when I break the relationship (9) |
lies in wait | Prepares ambush for stories carol singer could tell? (4,2,4) |
froideur | Lack of warmth sees English Christian back in coat (8) |
libraries | Two groups of stars putting out ace literary collections (9) |
horse drawn | What one hopes may win sweepstake is not designed for motoring! (5,5) |
enough is enough | Philosophy of rationing? That will do! (6,2,6) |
twin towns | Eg Dull and Boring tunes oddly enthral women in drag (4,5) |
softest | Most piano stools start with toes sculpted round feet (7) |
tit for tat | Retaliation in kind from tart, fit to burst (3,3,3) |
fancies | Cakes ordered in caf茅s (7) |
oxyacid | Coax DIY freak into chemical substance (7) |
allured | Tempted everyone headlessly pickled (7) |
ultimo | Centre of Hull bypass drawn up last month (6) |
mendicant | Tramp? Patch up one with affected piety (9) |
sewer rats | Scavengers to slip through waste's disposal (5,4) |
gaminess | Georgia digs for the last of truffles with a wild flavour (8) |
languedoc | French region's ageless tongue and revolutionary law (9) |
marmoreal | "Leo With Two Rams" hewn out of marble (9) |
puss | Back at university someone's emptied the kitty (4) |
hispid | Hairy man's sanctimonious daughter (6) |
other place | In old English, revision of chapter left by Lords to Commons (5,5) |
licit | Solicitor being over-legal (5) |
grown | Filled out a complaint, say (5) |
flat iron | Even heavy metal is smoother (4,4) |
carmelites | Focus, say, on manuscript about best friars (10) |