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Herculean task for party dominating ballot? (6)
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DD referring to the Labours of Hercules
Sad Tory (4)
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DD
Mortal feud ruinous — that's expressed clearly (10)
Party to scowl in misery (6)
Punctilious contender from left loading weapon (8)
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L{eft} in sticker(=slang for weapon such as a knife)
Is it Chigurh blocking way with extremely scary axe? (10)
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(S[car]y + chop(=axe)) in path. Chigurh was the psychopathic hitman in the film/novel No Country for Old Men.
Remove from office some unscrupulous Tories (4)
One must vacate seat daily (4)
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Cha[i]r.
Openly vile lad, as Con, failed us (10)
Victor in Lab is so composed, one taking bow (4,4)
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V{ictor}(phonetic alphabet) in (Lab is so)*
Speak fondly about London police? Wake up! (4,2)
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Coo(=speak fondly) around Met{roplitan police}
Sheepish press chief retaining honour after hoax (10)
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(Ed(=press chief) around face(=honour)) after sham(=hoax). Face is a synonym for honour in the sense of saving ones honour/face.
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Conservative deception takes in old man, washed up (6)
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C{onservative} + ruse(=desception) around o{ld}
Was leader over summer, having run (8)
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Led around adder(=summer in a summing up sense). The def is in the sense of stockings.
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Clumsily runs poll in The Sun that's sent up (7)
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(Poll in sol)<
Firm having to restrict Corbynite principles? (5)
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Co{mpany} around red(=Corbynite)
Conclude negative vote leads to hellish place (7)
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Infer(=conclude) + no(=negative vote)
Standards of Lamont, St John-Stevas and Tebbit? (5)
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DD, the second def referencing the fact that all the politicians are called Norman, which is sometimes abbreviated to Norm.
Liberal excluded is hard and coarse (7)
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L{iberal} + out(=excluded) + is h{ard}
British have nowhere to swim, but big swing here? (9)
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B{ritish} + lack pool(=have nowhere to swim). I'm not totally sure what the definition refers to – possibly the fact that it has a famous swing ride or a reference to its fame as a venue for music and dancing.
Really poor — so save? (7)
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DD, the first def referring to something being not very good rather than poverty-stricken.
27a
(and 27 Across) Ethics with Starmer questionable — this under present burdens? (9,4)
Drama ending in this literary collection? (3)
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Don't follow this.
Erica, a PM in 1970s, with monarch then (7)
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Heath(=Ted Heath) + ER
Folk rock boat close to shore: 50 aboard (7)
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(Skiff(=boat) + [shor]e) around l(=50 in Roman numerals)
Determined detectives brought into action (7)
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CID in deed
Ill repute to beset Hancock, initially at the top? (2,5)
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Repute* around H[ancock]
1a
(and 1 Across) In pub the Spanish notice flawed political process (5,8)
Dull affair having no end (5)
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Matte[r]
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