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One having unhappy experience hasn't departed (5)
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d OWNER (unhappy experience) missing ‘d’ (departed)
Angelic youngster hugs the lady in charge (8)
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CUB (youngster) round or ‘hugging’ HER (the lady) + IC (in charge)
Lettuce me? (Conservative great) (6)
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COS (lettuce) MI (alternative spelling of ‘me’ – musical note) C (Conservative)
One politician's a sex pest? Don't start that's wrong (8)
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I (one) MP (politician) g ROPER (sex pest?) missing the first letter (‘don’t start’)
Supreme Leader's content to live economically (3)
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Middle letters or ‘content’ of s KIM p (live economically) – a reference to one of Trump’s dictator friends
Time to get behind this prolific peacemaker? (5)
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T (time) RUMP (behind) – tongue-in-cheek definition!
All windmills evil at first causing astonishment (3)
So monster is rebuffed (4)
Stomach turned by Head of State's jerks (4)
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A reversal (‘turned’) of GUT (stomach) + S (first letter or ‘head’ of state)
Ignoring Dead Sea's recurrent motif (5)
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THE ME d (sea) missing or ‘ignoring’ the ‘d’ (dead)
Again hiding one's prejudice (4)
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BIS (again) round or ‘hiding’ A (one)
One might be caught around centre (4)
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C (circa – ‘around’) HUB (centre)
Quiet Iranian leader once avoiding America (3)
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SH a H (‘Iranian leader once) missing or ‘avoiding’ ‘a’ (America)
Guys are going for Nobel from the outset - one's perfect (6)
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TE a SES (guys) with the ‘a’ (are – metric measurement of area) replaced by or ‘going for’ N (first letter or ‘outset’ of Nobel – a reference perhaps to Trump’s desire to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize)
Back from Galapagos (3)
Leon and Marc cooked French rice (8)
Seat of government's ways of working - bully! (6)
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MOS (more than one modus operandi – ‘ways of working’) COW (bully)
Islanders' fees spent across bar (8)
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An anagram (‘spent’) of FEES round or ‘across’ AERO (chocolate bar)
Petition over hiring queen for horseplay (5)
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A reversal (‘over’) of SUE (petition) round or ‘hiring’ QU (queen) – a reference to the play by Peter Shaffer
Down
Ferret round as down-and-out (4)
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HOB (male ferret) O (round)
Means to rave over the Independent crossword's charms (8)
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An anagram (‘to rave’) of MEANS round or ‘over’ OUR (Independent crossword’s)
Drugs crazy (8)
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CRACK (drug) POT (another drug)
I keep freaking out over large shape-shifting creature (6)
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An anagram (‘freaking out’) of I KEEP round or ‘over’ L (large)
Reject Macron's way - work with Spain and other countries (6)
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A reversal (‘reject’) of RUE (French – ‘Macron’s’ – for ‘road’ – ‘way’) + OP (work) E (Spain)
Sleazy place where rich man not getting head from Stormy (4)
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DIVE s (rich man – from the bible – a new word for us) missing or ‘not getting’ ‘s’ (first letter or ‘head’ of Stormy – a reference to Stormy Daniels and her allegations against Trump)
See lame teaching fooled believers in this (13)
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A clue-as-definition: C (see) + an anagram (‘fooled’) of LAME TEACHING
Even so leaving first husband's hard (5)
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T h OUGH (even so) missing the first ‘h’ (husband)
Runs into golf champion showing dignity in victory? (5)
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R (runs) in G (golf in the phonetic alphabet) ACE (champion)
Buried person with honour - noted criminal on guard (8)
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MBE (Member of the British Empire – ‘person with honour’) in or ‘guarded by’ an anagram (‘criminal’) of NOTED
Doctor right - raised upsetting foot condition patient unable to fight (8)
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BONES (doctor) + a reversal (‘upsetting’) of R (right) UP (raised) – allegedly the reason Trump was spared serving in the military
Dance top (6)
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Double definition
As was lost election extremely suspect (6)
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A clue-as-definition: an anagram (‘suspect’) of LOST + E N (first and last letters or ‘extremes’ of election) – a reference to Trump’s unfounded allegations about the 2020 presidential election
Unusual team game? Could be (4)
Decapitated trunk? Not exactly (4)
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t ORSO (trunk) missing the first letter or ‘decapitated’
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