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Lovely lad who may make cannibals soup? (1,5,2,1,3)
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This rang a distant bell and I (re)discovered that it was the title of an old film – but I’ve never seen it and I’ve never actually heard the expression used; Chambers gives ‘(Irish) the quintessence of a good fellow’ and, having lived in Northern Ireland, I know how folk there love their broth, so it makes sense to me
Inserts more bullets: corps has lots (7)
Beat victim one seizes and sucks (7)
Tennis champion, one for a cocktail (7)
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MARTIN[a] (Navratilova – tennis champion) with the second a replaced by I (one)
Many a slip by Dr Carter (7)
Backed America and abandoned another country (5)
Frequency of occurrence with small company would be a fluke (9)
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[co] (small company) + INCIDENCE would give COINCIDENCE – a fluke
One getting rid of chemist (9)
Made fun of outspoken leader (5)
Shortly aiming for painkiller (7)
An annoying person in these two ways? (2-3-2)
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SO (in this way) twice
Violent racist reformed by Democrat (7)
Join a party, but not gregarious (7)
Give public recital? What are you playing at? (7,5)
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This must be a cryptic definition but I don’t quite see how it works – see here for an explanation of concert pitch
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Attracted by United wearing the Liverpool strip (7)
Once more, let's get this straight (7)
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I think I’m missing something here – is it cryptic?
Feistiest criminal gives evidence (9)
Stared lasciviously, having found someone online? That's no go (5)
Buoyancy aid for a team of Marines (7)
A ransom put together for Oxbridge blue, perhaps (7)
Heaven swore to come down to earth (8,4)
Bet on squiggle representing an American dandy? (6-6)
Cheat who works with a pack (4,5)
American mobster with a high voice? (7)
Wandering, one falls into terrible crater (7)
Travel round Indian state, fit (2,5)
Homework over some food: tongue (7)
More pleasant to avoid most of volcanic eruption (5)
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