Across
Comfortable seat Conservative surprisingly held: it's free (12)
Character with edge in game (9)
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Fish rest like birds (5)
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Christmas favourite, failure (6)
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How might one kill a creepy-crawly? Be quick! (4,2,2)
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Very many for example eaten by wild animal (6)
North American princess in ancient civilization (8)
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Weaken soil in land (4,4)
Ancient city where paintings etc shown in spring (6)
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Shoe: lose it, disaster! (4-4)
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Supporter runs behind leader in battle (6)
Ship concerned with nothing on return trip? (5)
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A soldier, say, filling new crate easily (2,1,6)
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Immmediately at that place, further in the past (5,3,4)
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Down
Super money (7)
Emperor resigns over housing blunder (5)
Untutored cast assembled (6,3)
Offensive letter you read, polite last of all (4)
Argon, say, is great after mixing around nitrogen (5,3)
Enjoy young setter from Hollywood, say? (3,2)
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On level south of French border (8)
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Turn pale while squeezing it (6)
Stop cutting allowance in bank (8)
Man spared wrong sign in text (9)
Old fossil is around, unfortunately (8)
Breakfast nonsense? (6)
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Beaten, alas no winner, ultimately? (4-3)
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Scottish runner just out of the medals, we hear? (5)
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What fielder tries to do for contract (5)
Some ruler, a Jaipur prince (4)
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