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Vehicle insurance needed around posh city (9)
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VAN (vehicle) COVER (insurance) round U (posh)
I'm not sure about tailored fit for plain clothes (5)
Name for alien in number (5)
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NIN et Y (number) with N (name) replacing ‘et’ (alien) – 26ac is ‘wally’
E That's Life l (9)
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An anagram (‘tossed’) of ELVIS ETC round A
Breaks in communications put election back for a bit (6)
O Rocky n (8)
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I (one) in ARCAN e (secret) missing the last letter (‘almost’) in MO (second) – a reference to the boxer Rocky Marciano
A born undemocratic leader abandoning throne principally? (9)
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A clue-as-definition: A B (born) DIC t ATOR (undemocratic leader) missing ‘t’ (first or ‘principal’ letter of throne)
Short short kitchen utensil (5)
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WHISK y (‘short’) missing the last letter (‘short’)
Leader of daily newspaper's inside (5)
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CHAR (‘daily’ – cleaner) with I (newspaper) inside
Really wild beast conserving energy in cathedral city (9)
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GNU (wild beast) round or ‘conserving’ E (energy) + IN ELY (cathedral city)
Ingestible powder in magazine seized by bookmaker (8)
Backing son over father like a snake (6)
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A reversal (‘backing’) of LAD (son) O (over) PA (father)
Supposedly lowbrow type sees newly expected goals not online? (9)
Charlie's mural? (5)
Prophet dashing first set of tablets? (5)
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We had difficulty parsing this, but with some help from a friend, we concluded that it is a clue-as-definition: a MOS (prophet) missing or ‘dashing’ the first letter + E S (ecstasy tablets) – the ‘set’ is superfluous in the wordplay – not our favourite clue
Movie combining e.g. [Prometheus The Thin Man] and (9)
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MOON (‘eg Prometheus’ – a moon of Jupiter) RAKE (thin man) R (right)
Down
Leaver: can I claim outrageously you might have your cake and eat it? (15)
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An anagram (‘outrageously’) of LEAVER CAN I CLAIM – we’re not sure that it is normal to have ice cream with cake
Books about single composition (5)
I comply with new structure of games (7)
Sex according to Roman church? (4)
Rarest tuna cooked here? (10)
Masculine type to subdue farm animal (7)
Game describing fingers? (9)
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If you accept that there are five fingers on each hand this would be FIVE A SIDE, but if we’re being pedantic, there are only four fingers and one thumb…..
Sportsman's key choice to change soft coat (15)
Swirling mist follows Greek character hiding onset of terrible eye condition (10)
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An anagram (‘swirling’) of MIST after SIGMA (Greek character) round or ‘hiding’ T (first letter or ‘onset’ of terrible)
Feature of Brontë novel is a desire (9)
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An anagram (‘novel’) of IS A DESIRE
Singles perhaps more desirable when turning up without male (7)
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A reversal (‘turning up’) of SEXIER round or ‘without’ M (male)
Leading current energy supplier (7)
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I (current) N-POWER (energy supplier)
TV villain's extremely drunk drinking beer (5)
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D K (first and least letters or ‘extremes’ of drunk) round or ‘drinking’ ALE (beer)
Potato in a can (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue