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Article seen by chief is to come (5)
Fail to get great deal that would assist higher aims? (9)
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Bomb (fail) SIGHT (great deal, as in “a sight more than…”)
Correspondence about a break in cloud (5-4)
Escorts abandoning hotel customers (5)
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USHERS = escorts, lose the H.
Star hides much being a deranged killer (3-7-3)
Henry sort of cross with horse coming first (4)
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an ANKH is a form of cross with a looped top; move the H to the front to get Henry’s nickname.
Those wanted are dead? It's uncertain (10)
Tirade on socialist dog is something fruity (3,7)
Despite everything one finds legendary creature (4)
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YET = despite everything, I. Not the daughter’s Skoda.
Rozzer has run inside: crime writer almost catching us in college (6,7)
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Put R into COP, then CHRISTI(E) as in Agatha almost, then insert US. Choose from the Cambridge one founded in 1352 or the relatively recent one in Oxford, founded 1517.
Best quality piano introducing old poem (5)
Broad line curls round belt (9)
Lady of the Lake (9)
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as in Lake Constance, Europe’s third largest lake, on the Rhine, otherwise known as the Bodensee. MartinP1 would no doubt point out there’s one in NZ as well.
Silver coin added to millions in kingdom (5)
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REAL + M.
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Mood cheers up with doctor on department (10)
Musical talent gets attention (3)
Miserable face sergeant-major wears (6)
Swimsuits composer carried across East River (9)
Staff outside the Italian financial centre (5)
Runner showing increased complacency circling lake (8)
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L inside SMUGGER = more complacent.
Documents for discussion in genre slammed by media (5,6)
Boozer turned on initially amenable canine (4)
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SOT (boozer) reversed, A (initially amiable). A rare Japanese breed of dog, not a very amenable type I expect.
Monk one taking place in church service (11)
Peaceful border in Asian region (7,3)
Corrupt state? On the contrary (9)
Zealot on charter round island promoting growth (8)
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NUT (zealot) then I (island) inside RENT (charter).
Bower Eliza Doolittle's refuge? (6)
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Eliza might have pronounced “harbour” (refuge) as ‘arbour.
Duke leaves South African port for city (5)
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DURBAN loses D.
Majestic European prince appearing regularly (4)
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E (European) P r I n C e.
Operatic role thought to release energy (3)
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iDEA loses E for energy; as in Princess Ida by G & S.
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