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Backers singing about god in Luxor (6)
Vital bit of gear arrived shortly before opening of mine (8)
Chap has mistakenly begun to restrict pulse (4,4)
Master satisfied to retire for the present (3,3)
Left in river beginning to expire, he's put out (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PORT in DEE + first letter of EXPIRE
Shows off pens, perhaps 1000 collected (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SWANS around K Forgot about this sort of pen.
Standard bore (8)
Receding flow of water over stone (4)
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LAP + O (over) reversed
Egyptian believer collared when speaking (4)
Harassed policemen losing months of time when mammals appeared (8)
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anagram of POLICEMEN – M (months) An era.
Decorate lady's cloak in orderly fashion (6)
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TRIM (decorate) + L{ad}Y Trawled for ‘trim’. (No jokes, please.)
Logical bloke, he's one to be welcomed (8)
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COVE around HE’S + I
Token overthrow of rulers feasible (6)
Prepare insufficiently maybe for one style of bowling (8)
Writer tries introducing current term of interest (8)
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ESSAYS (tries) around I (current) + T (term of interest?) Help? (Kevin explains that ‘term’ = ‘terminal’ = last letter.)
Wife and I had to purchase device (6)
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W + I’D + GET
Down
Those struggling to grasp university having work stack up here? (8)
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anagram of THOSE around U + OP The chimney-stack, of course.
Served up beer no-one's consumed within district (8)
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LAGER reversed around NO + I
Dubious citizen turning up in peculiar places (9)
Possibly failure to affirm what corrupt tennis player should earn? (8,2,5)
Squiffy contestants finally given ratings (7)
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last letter of CONTESTANTS + CREWED (given ratings) This took me a very long time to see. I didn’t know ‘squiffy’ meant ‘tipsy’ and I didn’t know ‘screwed’ meant ‘tipsy’. In any case, ‘given ratings’ is an excellent definition.
Take good notice of nurse (6,2)
Particular period allocated by fate (4,4)
Slap person tailing gumshoe? (9)
Hindrance alumni deal with, not Keble's first (8)
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O.B.S (alumni) + TAC{k}LE
Against endless search for survivors from the past (8)
Seconder, being out of order, denied full expression (8)
A biblical extract that's intractable (8)
Pour scorn on medicine, old vacuous remedy (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PILL + O + R{emed}Y
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