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Doing loads of laundry, holding one article for Americans (14)
Fleece coat taken from tiny, caped figure (5)
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ROB(to fleece/swindle) + 1st and last letters deleted from ( coat taken from ) “ tiny ”. Defn: …, sidekick to Batman, the DC Comics superhero.
What The Guardian offers with bizarre glee, stifling a disapproving comment at first (8)
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[ Anagram of ( bizarre ) GLEE containing ( stifling ) A ] placed after ( … at first ) TUT(or tut-tut, a disapproving comment/exclamation). Defn: …, in this case, the guardian of a ward.
Improves image of new business that has succeeded later (5,2)
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START-UP(a new business venture/enterprise) with its “S”(abbrev. for “succeeded”) moved towards the end ( that has … later ). Defn: … by decorating, and, commonly, resulting in a loud and flashy appearance.
Wine, dry white ultimately? It’s for one in the party (7)
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ROSÉ(a light pink wine) + TT(abbrev. for “teetotal/abstaining from alcohol/dry) + last letter of ( … ultimately ) “ white ”. Defn: A decoration worn by a supporter or member of, say, a political party.
A little glower from subscriber losing face (5)
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“member”(a subscriber/someone making regular payments to access a service) minus its 1st letter ( losing face ).
Leader to lead with a venerable lady in the family (3,6)
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TO + PB(symbol for the chemical element, lead) plus ( with ) A + NANA(an informal term for one’s grandmother, a venerable lady in the family).
Maybe retired proofreader picked up fund of money (9)
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EX-(prefix indicating “former”, maybe having retired) + homophone of ( … picked up ) “checker”(a proofreader/one reads text to note any errors). Defn: …/national treasury.
Some work, not nothing, followed by soft drink (5)
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“Joule”(a unit of work, in physics) minus ( not ) “O”(letter representing 0/nothing) plus ( followed by ) P(abbrev. for “piano”, musical direction to play softly).
Mistreated male Arctic bears oddly ignored cupcake (7)
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COLD(Arctic/like the weather in the Arctic regions) containing ( bears ) 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th letters deleted from ( oddly ignored ) “ cupcake ”. Defn: …, by his wife being unfaithful.
High officials specifically given rise at work (7)
Concerned with stance in job, in dropping off item for gents (8)
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POST(a job/a position of paid employment) + “ in ” deleted from ( dropping off ) “urinal”(an item for gents in their toilets).
Rating of chess games? Run off to arrange a match (5)
Doctor probing experimental chemistry and physics, of a sort (14)
Down
Watch others play with e.g. gun before magistrates (4,3,5)
Dry batter Garry’s cut (5)
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Sobers(Garry, a legendary all-round cricketer, an aggressive batter/batsman as well as a skilled bowler) minus its last letter ( …’s cut ).
You don’t pay for lodging in this lake location (9)
Decline to say why snooker player picks up cue (2,2,3)
Some rock clubs plugging unhip Queen composition (7)
More than one key feature of supermarkets, we hear (5)
Almost Biblical event he ignored in dark time (9)
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NIGH(almost/nearly) + “the Fall”(in the Bible, the Fall of Man, the event of Adam and Eve sinning against God) minus ( … ignored ) “ he “.
Bags of pressure on dodgy dealers after dodgy deal (5,7)
Nitwit poking second husband makes a bit of a scene (9)
Inhaling joint, relax in swimming area, a channel of the Persian Gulf (2,7)
Suffer ruin, broken by Tory Brexiteers (7)
Fun in bar after backing track (7)
Furry beast right to leave pig, rat, snake or weasel? (5)
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“r”(abbrev. for “right”) deleted from ( to leave ) “rotter”(a scoundrel, variously called a pig, rat, snake or weasel).
Source of complaint that is about grasping officer (1,4)
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Reversal of ( … about ) IE(abbrev. for “id est”/that is) containing ( grasping ) COL(abbrev. for “colonel”, an officer in the military). Defn: …, ie. food poisoning from bacterium.
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