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litigator | Set fire to one reptile in sewer, according to reports (9) |
thespian | Article with embellishment about a performer (8) |
closure | Resolution almost lost in course of recovery (7) |
terrier | Volunteer soldier, one who endeavours to protect Her Majesty (7) |
lamb ale | Shearers' party hit the hay (4,3) |
diamond wedding | Celebration of card partnership (7,7) |
eats out | Goes to a restaurant, or has a picnic (4,3) |
singled out | Chose to give voice and escorted from the scene (7,3) |
overdraw | Inflate an account maybe - or unduly reduce one (8) |
grandaddy | Great Italian PA, first and best of its kind (9) |
twit | Namely, loveless idiot (4) |
brainwashed | Angelina's man's packed in - could he have been indoctrinated? (11) |
idris | Italy is sheltering Dr King, ousted by Gaddafi (5) |
phone book | Collection of numbers, piano jingle encapsulating one album's third (5,4) |
malt horse | Man sheltering god's draught animal (4,5) |
statuary | Stuart A. played with Yes, the rock group? (8) |
step by step | How to learn to dance in stages (4,2,4) |
tweedy | Tense and feeble, like the rural upper classes (6) |
make things clear | Explain what spectacles do (4,6,5) |
betrayer | Feeding donkey occasionally eats grass (8) |
get lucky | Guy tackles poorly, giving up a small score (3,5) |
traders | Wheeler-dealers substituting one of riders after start of Tour (7) |
autoimmune | Such a response is not wanted from setter's in-car mobile menu (10) |
mendip hills | People go down with hard complaints in Somerset (6,5) |
maceration | Process of breaking up staff allowance (10) |
dire | I'd turn about with calamitous consequences (4) |
panther | Prowler, male part on parade, initially (7) |
grandchildren | Issues involving one's offspring (13) |
monkey puzzle | Grown in the garden - not to scale? (6,6) |
last trump | Ultimate demagogue that will usher in day of reckoning (4,5) |
mainspring | Sea water in one's watch (10) |
symmetry | Reflective nature of mystery plays with mass participation (8) |
grubbiest | Muckiest stones, extra black, blocking gate, regularly removed (9) |
el greco | Painter like Zorba? (2,5) |
axed | Made redundant by a cross editor (4) |
reinstate | Return to former position - a check, say (9) |
hamlet | Climbing tree to break cover in village play (6) |
street traders | Barrow boys way ahead of Red Star characters (6,7) |
omnivore | One putting everything away? (8) |
crewellery | Needlework given as complement to Queen (10) |
exert oneself | Take the trouble to note reflexes, perhaps (5,7) |
pact | Treaty allowing Portugal to annex territory in Australia (4) |
disciplinarians | Are they responsible for enforcement orders? (15) |
fair minded | Just one introduced to smallholding, certainly not English (4,6) |
pervious | Receptive earlier, after energy up slightly (8) |
emigrationist | One favouring foreign settlement that gets oriental fighter to share first (13) |
very light | Warning signal is too faint (4,5) |
metaphysic | In what orchestras make, the pay varies - there's no universal system of thought (10) |
quarrels | Bolts from arguments (8) |
upflow | Elated fellow depressed but well? (6) |
reparable | School subject, with one of its stories that could be changed for the better (9) |
turnstone | English coastal visitor changes colour (9) |
buxton | Spa where males are heard to gain weight (6) |
modern painters | Printers moaned about Ruskin's work (6,8) |
doors | Openings to dressers, offices or rooms, say (5) |
at an end | Finished andante con moto (2,2,3) |
rigmarole | Complicated procedure in part - current government getting hurt (9) |
beget | Speculate, for example, in produce (5) |
encountered | Settlement of rent, once due needs to be met (11) |
cat ballou | It's all about trouble after cinema opens at movie (3,6) |
strix varia | US night bird, second aviatrix to fly over river (5,5) |
can opener | Refusal to get in beater as kitchen device (3,6) |
fall flat | Don't drop round - it will produce no response (4,4) |
drama queen | She goes over the top to get role of Titania (5,5) |
star chamber | Formality a warning sign, where justice was rarely served (4,7) |
solidago | Logo said to represent herbaceous plant (8) |
translator | Time went quickly on strip, otherwise I should be bilingual (10) |
workmen | Females accepting half of work, being toilers (7) |
simulation | Model barred from turning on model (10) |
study | Analysis of horses' first year (5) |
brainstem | Stoker keeps in step, almost a necessity for bodily function (9) |
skulduggery | Head almost understood man from Germany responsible for hanky-panky (11) |
shelve | Put off by girl wanting affection but no ring (6) |
habanero | Hot stuff in a bar swallowed by brave person (8) |
ash wednesday | Start to fast (3,9) |
cash sales | One wouldn't credit such transactions (4,5) |
neun | Frankfurter鈥檚 number one bun? Don鈥檛 start! (4) |
drop off | Fall asleep in ditch by side of road? (4,3) |
risk capital | What's essential for new business venture north of Rome, say (4,7) |
bill poster | One's work's stuck up, as William in the reign of Charles III? (4,6) |
krone | King and queen over one bit of Scandinavian capital (5) |
gifted | Accomplished foot soldier switched with journalist (6) |
fox | Cause discolouration of a Quaker? (3) |
romantics | Narcotism, in altered state, for such as Coleridge (9) |
self hate | Eat flesh to produce psychic disorder (4,4) |
raffia | Backward area provided much fibrous material (6) |
rondo | Musical composition man made on one note (5) |
prayerless | Urge seizing philosopher, left asking for nothing (10) |
lillian | Flower girl's ill with collar put back around (7) |
absentee | Told to go into a communal meeting? One didn't (8) |
slime | French boy's looking up meaning of "gunk" (5) |
mail cart | How post gets around vegetable market, according to Spooner (4,4) |
lain | In absence of leader, Frank remained (4) |
juxtaposed | Judge and posh tax criminal sat next to one another (10) |
ice storm | Bad weather that's most cold, right? (3,5) |
graduated | Marked by degrees - now possessing one? (9) |
grist | Corny stuff in act Sir Galahad served up (5) |
i wouldnt know | Not surprisingly, I haven't a clue (1,7,4) |
sea | Character in sound waves here (3) |
surf | Waves one off from plane (4) |