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General memory satisfactory on musical copyright (14)
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was a general on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War
OAP's idle fancy brought in as a digression (8)
Extremely unusual silence besets camp (5)
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Extremely unusual silence besets camp U <nusua> L (“extremely” means first and last letters only are used) in GAG (=(to) silence); a gulag was a labour camp in the former Soviet Union
Charge after soldiers primarily wanting cover once more (6)
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Charge after soldiers primarily wanting cover once more RE (=soldiers, i.e. Royal Engineers) + W <anting> (“primarily” means first letter only) + RAP (=(criminal) charge, colloquially)
Brief note about contents of big fat trifles (8)
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Brief note about contents of big, fat trifles <b> I <g> <f> A <t> (“contents of” means middle letters only) in MINUTE (=brief note, as in to take the minutes )
Boisterous sons to explain access for improving PC facilities (13)
Be more significant than unconventional swapping parts in audition (8)
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Be more significant than unconventional, swapping parts in audition WAY-OUT (=unconventional, eccentric); homophone (“in audition”) of “out way (“swapping parts” means two parts of word are switched round)”
Dances round in circles (6)
Large hollow mostly genuine ancient bones? (5)
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Large, hollow, mostly genuine ancient bones ? L <arg> E (“hollow” means all internal letters are dropped) + ECH <t> (=genuine, authentic; “mostly” means last letter is dropped); according to Chambers , “leech” is an archaic word for physician
Deploy nerve gas for those dishing out retribution (8)
Perhaps forecasters satisfied with revamped Tories' logos (14)
Down
Ring old English bird (6)
Voices tense epitaph whereon one could be earthbound? (8)
Beginning to slump finish spoof (6)
Dim idiot swallowing lithium (6)
In Orient I set up mournful poet once (8)
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In Orient, I set up mournful poet once [LEG I (I + GEL (=set, i.e. harden); “up” indicates vertical reversal) in EAST (=Orient); “elegiast” is an older spelling of elegist
Still he emails rubbish about Left's novel opening words (13)
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Still he emails rubbish about Left’s novel opening words L (=left) in [CALM (=still, quiet)+ *(HE EMAILS)]; “rubbish” is anagram indicator; “Call me Ishmael” are the opening words of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick
Off and on courage soon exposes instrument of thought (7)
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Off and on, courage soon exposes instrument of thought <c> O <u> R <a> G <e> (“off and on” means alternate letters only) + ANON (=soon); in philosophy, an organon is a method of investigation
Cried with new top so made uniform (8)
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Cried with new top, so made uniform S QUALLED (=cried, yelled); “with new top” means first letter is replaced
Lower current cuts -- not at all (7)
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Lower current cuts – not at all I (=current, in physics) in NETHER (=lower, as in nether regions ); as an adverb, neither means not at all, in no case
In post-revolution China stumped by boastful talk done in desperation (8)
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In post-revolution China, stumped by boastful talk done in desperation [ST (=stumped, on cricket scorecard) + GAS (=boastful talk)] in LAP (PAL=China, in rhyming slang; “post-revolution” indicates vertical reversal); a last-gasp attempt is made in desperation
Number one weakling not quite getting hold of sheep (6)
Apparatus for bringing up matter literally making medic nervous? (6)
Giant advance following release of equitable voting system? (6)
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Giant advance following release of equitable voting system? <pr> OGRESS (=advance); “following release of equitable voting system (=PR, i.e. proportional representation)” means letters “pr” are dropped
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