Across
Athlete once trying to smuggle chocolate bars? (8,6)
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Def & Cryptic def all in one
Black horses, first of three having escaped (5)
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Sable is black in heraldry & first of T(hree) removed from S(t)ABLE
Second course that was designed for the better (4-4)
Recollection of horse eating pork — is that witty? (7)
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PIG – for pork eaten by a reversed MARE for horse. Iffy def but as I’ve said Paul has previous
See 25
’ouse introducing marginally better card game (5)
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The margins of B(ette)R inside a (h)OME – house
Some fumes enter all old parts of the gut (9)
In the morning, harassment of editors gradually paid off (9)
Spiel, dark stuff (5)
Typically English establishment, Australian native inside? (3,4)
Paul in debt, probably asking for a stroke? (7)
3d
Where everyone was rightly under suspicion, hellish working for a Chinese newspaper? (6,2,3,6,7)
Landowner seen, hide daughter (5)
Letter opener that is removed from armoire, admired as quirky (4,3,2,5)
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IE removed from a quirky [ARMOIRE ADM(i)R(e)D]*
Down
Trump in love underneath post-graduate (6,2,4)
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Double duty time I suspect but Paul has a lot of previous on that. FART for trump under MA – masters & O – love. Wordplay doesn’t quite work for me but I see where he’s coming from
Scholar delivering sermon, endless gossip (5)
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An endless RABBI(t) – gossip
See 25
Best knitted top, one buttoned up (7)
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A knitted TOP* & I for one & MUM – shhh – button it !
Fraudulent schemes in a game (7)
Don overturned tennis umpire's call (3,2)
Dropping old stick, heel on loafer's broken it (9)
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EX – old & the heel of (loafe)R inside CEMENT – stick
Massive feat of engineering seen by a bird soaring over Barking from the south (5,4,3)
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A SWAN & HIGH – soaring & A reversed MAD – barking
See red garment worn by orphan, one abandoned (4,1,4)
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I removed from WA(i)F inside BLOUSE
Scary girl or stinker almost flipped, of course (2,7)
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MEL B – “scary spice” & OR & most of PON(g) all reversed. Took me a few seconds to see the scary girl – must be getting old
Owner of sword I plant while not going down (7)
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I & ARUM – a plant & AS – while going up – ie not going down
Microphone initially grasped by idle singer? (7)
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M(icrophone) in DOING O – nothing – idle
Rank skirt, but not top (5)
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A topless (b)ORDER for to skirt
With climbers furious, short of peak, expedition leader dug in (5)
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Leader of E(xpedition) inside (L)IVID – furious
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