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Fail to double congregation (4)
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Triple definition. A business may fold or fail. Double / fold in two. The members of a church may be described as its fold or congregation.
Place for trial run involving you no longer (10)
One providing a walkover to settle game (10)
A pop bottle a child holds (4)
Instant transfer back (6)
Outside study, is sorry for son's bad manners (8)
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RUES (is sorry for) containing [outside] DEN (study), then S (son)
Post you'd not want in Cheltenham for one minute! (4)
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SPA (Cheltenham for one), M (minute). Cheltenham is one example of a spa town or city.
Refusal to accept knights, say, stifling authority (5,5)
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NAY (refusal) containing [to accept] N N (knights – chess), then STATE (say)
Break-up of past senior talks down to sponsors (10)
Society bash: one in a suit? (4)
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Another triple definition
Press maybe turned to corrupt umpire? (8)
General road safety margin (6)
Flip round something which isn't working (2-2)
Camp was one for training astronaut (10)
Pains to pick up with lots of facial hair? (10)
Bend the rules (previously following) (4)
Down
Awaiting attention gone noon and especially at night? (2,4,5)
Period: indication of pause to hear one hoping for net profit? (9)
Poetic shepherd, gracious fellow, embracing Yankee (7)
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COR (gracious!) + DON (fellow) containing [embracing] Y (Yankee – NATO)
Whispered about interrupting very young child's washing (5,4,6)
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RE (about) contained by [interrupting] UNDER-ONE’S BATH (very young child’s washing). I would have thought this very inventive if I hadn’t just seen a similar device in a weekend puzzle still under wraps!
Used a yacht on vacation for fling? Wed after it! (7)
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Anagram [for fling] of USED A Y{ach}T [on vacation]
Guest argues periodically for enjoyment (5)
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{g}U{e}S{t} A{r}G{u}E{s} [periodically]. ‘Facilities are provided for the enjoyment / usage of all’. Does this example work?
Close to indistinguishable, however, with singular distinctive character (5)
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{indistinguishabl}E (close), THO‘ (however), S (singular)
Posed problem, knowing Japanese pottery (7,4)
Put out, as items that are completed may be (6,3)
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A main definition in the sense of ‘annoyed’ or ‘displeased’ followed by a cryptic hint referring to a list of jobs to be done etc
Girl in Dickens lifted by chap out of case (7)
Note, most poetry is crackers! (7)
May, perhaps, initially meet on Thursday? (5)
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M{eet} [initially], ON, TH (Thursday)
Belief one's all-powerful overturned! (5)
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AM GOD (one’s all-powerful) reversed [overturned]
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