Across
Power to limit urban growth? (8)
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if you CAP A CITY, you may be said to limit urban growth
Its content suffers shell damage before soldiers go in (6)
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um, yes, the first and possibly weakest of the CDs; ‘soldiers’ are thin pieces of buttered toast prepared to dip into a soft-boiled egg
Way boy interrupts important series of tweets (8)
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RD SON in BIG
Flower person found in fruit tart (6)
Some taxable income from Honolulu and Juneau in 1959, for the States (7,5)
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both Hawaii and Alaska (first) became states in 1959, and their capitals are, well, as above
Part of double-edged sword could make you do this (5)
Putting in other words a little time into relaxation (9)
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A T in RESTING
As a rule, its leaders are unlikely to get to number ten (9)
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CD, based on the idea (slightly quirky) that oligarchs will number fewer than ten, with a play on words, since Number Ten Downing Street is the address in London of the house with a revolving door for would-be prime ministers of the UK
Slight encouragement needed by leading character in novel (5)
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SPUR N[ovel]
RLS and TSE, for example (3,2,7)
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CD, referencing Robert Louis Stevenson (who I quite enjoy) and Thomas Stearns Eliot (who I can’t make head or tail of)
Museum showing the collected work of artist there, apart from one piece (6)
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if a painter’s collected works were represented in the language of France (where the Louvre Museum is situated) then it would be ‘l’oeuvre’ of him or her; now, take one letter (piece) away
Clever clogs and article of clothing packed (8)
Audibly react to blow, maybe, being cowardly (6)
For instance, an anagram that's shrewd in the extreme (8)
Down
Ursa Minor appearing over a Caribbean island (4)
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CUB ( young bear, or an ‘ursa minor’ – geddit?) A
Wine left for someone in schooner, say (4)
Demolished canards as prognosticator, unbelievably accurate (9)
As something required in court state, in brief, one's crime (6,6)
Cross, perhaps, about one condition of course (5)
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I in GONG (cross, perhaps – a slang term for an award such as the Distinguished Service Cross) for condition of a racecourse; quite damp when Frankie won the Guineas on Saturday
Unreliable in island about evidence of debt (10)
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CAPRI (island) C (about) IOUS
Publicity expert's gift in decline? Just the opposite (5,5)
Collective panic as dodgy operator enters train going north (4,8)
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AS SHYSTER in AIM reversed
Unusually, opera introducing learner is well covered (10)
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NORMA (opera by Bellini) L (learner) in ABLY (well); NORMA often pops up in crosswords because MANON LESCAUT is difficult to get into the grid
Change in menu, alas, like certain changes of time forward or back (4-6)
Improperly notarises claim (9)
In place of advance, surrender (5)
Producer of notes originating on back of envelope (4)
Get out vote in no-win situation going the wrong way (4)
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X (vote) in TIE reversed; referencing one of the looniest chapters in recent British political history
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