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Strike keeping Everton, initially, in lead (5)
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Smaller country Romanians abandoned (3,6)
5 Down general's thrown about (7)
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Sound from ref, ending in shrill note at end of game (7)
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Where boat may stop like a plane? (5)
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Start and stop part of engine (5,4)
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Union pass? (8-7)
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Talks she organised around opening of negotiations, unrewarded (9)
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Bread sauce (5)
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Beseech delicacy of headless chicken? (7)
Figure that's still in job after increase (7)
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Awful puns in rag, without mercy (9)
Relative peace finally in part of France (5)
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Small settlement, a tragedy (6)
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Select the best fruit before harvest (6-4)
Look at animals on top of slope (6)
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Balloon, something round and white (8)
Island in Cuba, lively (4)
The Albion playing after missing European event (8)
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Morphing is for green aliens (10)
Start before then scoffing odd bits of grub – go early (4,3,3)
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Case in quitting sport (4,6)
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Check out toasted nuts, eating last of four (4-4)
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Bird: that thing below moving target (5,3)
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Understand about wave, something nasty in the water? (6)
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Fuss over ruby, very dear (6)
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Top grade ultimately raised in test (4)
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Hold keys, entering every pantry, first of all (4)
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