Across
Clubs are able to sell back drink (6)
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C (clubs) + a reversal (back) of CAN GO (are able to sell, I think)
Moderate payment in advance expected to arrive (6)
Boat with advanced instrument for making deep soundings (4)
Discount Conservative being supported by meeting on record (10)
Order cheap clothes child rejected (6)
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A reversal (rejected) of TAT (cheap clothes) + KID (child)
Condition that makes one restless? (8)
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Cryptic (?) definition
Officer belonging to precinct protecting chief of police (9)
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IN (belonging to) SECTOR round P[olice]
Boring sample comprising carbon and rock (4)
See report have an effect (4)
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Triple definition
Taking on English politician making false claims about leader of opposition (9)
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E (English) + MP (politician) + LYING (making false claims) round O[pposition]
Criticise article about temple (8)
File that may be used to support newspaper article (6)
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Another clever triple definition
Impasse broken by British person working with me (10)
Expert tackling new problem one may have to face (4)
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ACE (expert) round N (new) – witty surface
Joint bank statement revealing some doubts (6)
Ambassador is partial to caramel cheesecake (6)
Down
Warning gold is going down in sale (7)
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AUCTION (sale) with AU (gold) moving down
Acknowledge actor's gift (5)
Doctor cites case of agoraphobic recluse (7)
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An anagram (doctor) of CITES + A[goraphobi]C
Anxious to be seen as chaste? (6)
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A whimsical double definition – (Collins: ‘EASY: sexually available’)
Novel by me is odd and free from physical constraints (9)
Author audibly expressed regret for destruction of life-support system (7)
Green energy company operated illegally retaining six employees regularly at fault (13)
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ENRON (company operated illegally round VI (six) + MEN (employees) + alternate letters (regularly) of aT fAuLt
China tea lab brewed is delicious (9)
Rat's characteristic yellow pigment (7)
All excited about cold drink of milk (7)
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An anagram (excited) of ALL round C (cold) TEA (drink)
Person put forward new rule in overbearing manner after taking sides (7)
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I need help here: it was only at the point of posting that I realised that I hadn’t managed to untangle all the parsing here, so, rather than delay the blog, I’ll hand over to you. Thanks to everyone for the help: I had a real blind spot there. N (new) + [d]OMINEE]r] (rule in overbearing manner) taking ‘sides’ away
Go back on unrealistic promise we'd made ultimately (6)
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RE (on) + last letters (ultimately) of [unrealisti]C [promis]E [we’]D [mad]E
Start to learn every single actor's first name (5)
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L[earn] + EACH (every) – I found several actors called Leach and couldn’t choose between them and it was only when writing up the blog and getting to GRANT (symmetrically placed in the grid) at 2dn that I saw the significance of ‘first name’: Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec LEACH – and he starred in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE which suddenly leapt out at me in rows 2, 8 and 14 – a very satisfying conclusion
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