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Start of second half of year given a miss (5)
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Start of second half of year given a miss JUL 1 (=start of second half of year, i.e. 1 st of July) + A; Julia is a female forename, hence “miss”
A killjoy like Harpagon getting left out (6)
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A killjoy like Harpagon getting left out MISER <l> Y (=like Harpagon, in Molière’s The Miser ); “ left (=L) out” means letter “l” is dropped
Government official put burden on staff (6)
The French king and queen once snubbed a singer of (7)
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, renowned for her performances of Wagnerian opera
Indian national eating stale Indian bread (4)
Result of our violent rioting? (10)
Left with additional bit of silver in reserve capital (11)
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Left with additional bit of silver in reserve capital PORT (=left, on ship) + MORE (=additional, extra) + S <ilver> (“bit of” means first letter only) + BY (=in reserve, as in money put by )
Mike discovered the old writer residing in backward town producing made-up stories (10)
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Mike discovered the old writer residing in backward town producing made-up stories M (=Mike, in NATO alphabet) + {[<t> H <e> (“discovered” means external covers are stripped away) + O (=old, as in Old Testament) + POE (=writer, i.e. Edgar Allan Poe)] in YTIC (CITY=town; “backward indicates reversal)}
Now and then Croatians spit possibly ... (4)
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Now and then Croatians spit, possibly … <c> R <o> A <t> I <a> N <s>; “now and then” means alternate letters only
... on account of us backing cases in competition (7)
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… on account of us backing cases in competition [CA (=cases) + US] in BEE (=competition, as in spelling bee)
A quiet crowd meditate here? (6)
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A quiet crowd meditate here? A + SH (=(be) quiet!) + RAM (=crowd, cram)
American volumes in Irish mostly (6)
Horny type from New York state getting half-cut (5)
Down
Lead poisoning primarily leads to backache (8)
Robert Lindsay? (6)
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, but to US actor Robert Wagner (1930-) and to US actress Lindsay Wagner (1949-)!!
Woman's nether regions bitten by rodents (8)
Function in which one's inducted into religious group (6)
Girl played a banjo topless? Not initially (6)
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Girl played a banjo topless? Not initially *(A +<b> ANJO + N <ot>); “topless” means that first letter is dropped from anagram, indicated by “played”, and “initially” that the first letter only is used in it
A new government installed in that old Asian city (6)
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A new government installed in that old Asian city [A + N (=new, as in New Testament) + G (=government)] in YON (=that old, i.e. an old word for that ); Yangon in Myanmar was formerly known as Rangoon in Burma
Source of 21 data in much of volume 1 curiously safe outside (11)
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Source of 21 data in much of volume 1, curiously safe outside *( VOLUM <e> + 1) in PETER (=safe); “much of” means that last letter only is dropped from anagram, indicated by “curiously”; a pluviometer is a rain gauge, hence “source of rain (=entry at 21) data”
Harry quit pork? I must go out for a little bit (8)
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Harry quit pork? I must go out for a little bit *( QU <I to A >T PORK ); “ I must go out for a means letter “i” is replaced by “a” in anagram, indicated by “harry”, harass; top quark is a particle believed to be one of the fundamental constituents of nuclear matter
By securing a third off there's reason to celebrate (8)
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By securing a third off, there’s reason to celebrate *(A THIRD) in BY; “off” is anagram indicator
During audition Mark traps instrument (6)
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During audition, Mark traps instrument Homophone (“during audition”) of “mark=symbol”, sign; the cymbals are a percussion (=traps) instrument
Bug used by US intelligence to catch blighter (6)
Queen of the witches can't stand going round the City (6)
Charles invests in bonds (6)
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