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7A
Goods transporter in Basingstoke – every now and then he pops out (8,6)
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Goods transporter in Basingstoke – every now and then he pops out (8,6)
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A singer’s up to something dodgy (2,2)
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Picasso had one hot, tense, fleeting encounter with secretary at the outset (10)
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Epidemic and surgeon’s focus turns to a little quinine tablet (6)
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Dock where tide originally has King Canute unsettled (8)
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Bible’s clue to get over sin (7,7)
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20
Perhaps jumbo’s assuming animal sanctuary is somewhere near Mayfair? (4,4)
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Drunk drilling on the outside hides power tool (6)
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Perfect copy with small shed to keep computer (10)
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Spouse briefly taking in a stray (4)
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Hear Clinique supply round gold dish (6,8)
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See 25
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European wine lake –
Independent
starts story with good intentions (5,3)
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Notice jam setting (4)
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Son, 2 having cut top off a piece of cake (6)
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Subtle satire occasionally stops oppression (8)
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Southern racist moving back to front through dictionary to arrive at ‘rejected’ (10)
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Small county with unlimited accommodation (6)
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Enter squad and fully explain (2,4,6)
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25 – 31 days and finally work is replacing the man’s order (5,5)
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Certain
Times
is holding evidence of censorship? (8)
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Ready to follow plot that is found in old books (8)
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Mail say Labour’s half-cut member is leading (6)
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What’s up with Conservative housing proposition? (6)
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River Don (4)
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