Across
Sound out group retreats for the famous (6)
Cats without a skin retreating inside, where they're never seen (6)
Just downplay occasional absences (4)
Incurred expenditure on behalf of church that's no longer influential (5,5)
Guide plays her party piece (6)
Socratic version of what 16 across is (8)
Fantastic price made one want to do it now (5,4)
Raised stink with US Republicans taking North back (4)
Foremost of keen investors exploiting venture capital (4)
By embracing life at sea, it doesn't seem as long! (4,5)
Not recognising central unit's position during trade (2,6)
Complete brief for substitute (4,2)
Uses the mic flexibly to provide record of score (5,5)
Judges, for example, to me must be united (4)
Plain case has lost ivory top (6)
Legendary lover admitted dealing in drugs (6)
Down
Woman set off in yacht (7)
Bet against queen making film (5)
Scoundrel creates wicked home for liberal arts (7)
Slow down — consider putting in time for golf (6)
Pays for machine to make furniture (9)
Material building up as temperature drops (7)
Doctor made realities go away (13)
Pressure to withdraw conservationists? It's happened before (9)
Monarchy lacks good family relations (7)
Film tricks that capture the sound of fox dispatching duck (7)
Record that is covering turf event (7)
Can staff have character that's heartless? (3,3)
Identify first murder victim found by lake (5)
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