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European PM having a pop at philosophy, briefly (9)
Where lots go, after warning to move about (7)
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CAUTION (warning) with C (about) moved I will let you decide if the grammar works on this wordplay. I figured it out, just barely, but not during my solve.
Use up to ten: aim for reduction, somehow (3,4)
Roll back voluble Franglais speaker's gift? (5)
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LE GAB, reversed A voluble speaker has ‘the gift of gab’.
As an all-rounder, returning towel, bat, pad and gloves (9)
Square peg on cross put in wrong (7)
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TEE (peg) on X (cross) in SIN (wrong)
Behind award for cycling? (5)
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BAFTA with the last letter cycled to first I thought of this early on but it didn’t seem like a word.
Censor page? (5)
Third rate musical for a rocker? (5)
Story briefly spread across papers making waves? (5)
It's not so acceptable in top class, book being added to wrong set? (7)
Swamp ended with tree: crossing hard! (9)
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OVER (ended) + W (with) + ELM (tree) around H (hard) Would have found this much faster if I’d not ignored ‘with’.
With fluorine, no longer having to clean teeth (5)
Come forth, when expected, by reputation, to retreat (7)
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ETA (when expected = Estimated Time of Arrival) + NAME (reputation) reversed
Fare, with third deducted, has people wasting tickets? (2-5)
Put up with long day — unpleasant conclusion! (6,3)
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Old Bill — or what it is now? (3,3)
10 up for disorder, but finally case dismissed at the end of the day? (10)
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EAT INTO (see above) UP anagrammed + {bu}T I was looking for something clothing-related, so I didn’t see this for a long time.
Hazard guess finally, with some reflecting (4,4)
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{gues}S + AND (with) + PART (some) reversed
Mafia muscle holds up deadly weapon (1-4)
Gathered there's a DVD shortly for release (9)
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THERE’S A DV{d} anagrammed “For release” meaning “let out differently” was a stretch for me.
Royal award back in '91 for rousing chiller (6)
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OBE (royal award) reversed in XCI (’91) reversed (for rousing)
I'm obliged to avoid capture (4)
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TA (I’m obliged) removed from TAKING (capture) In chess, a player can never leave or put their king in (or through) a position where it could be taken.
I craft something witty (3-5)
Get to English class with dead snake? (10)
All the same classical things covered by an American writer (9)
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THO (all the same) + RES (classical things, as in the plural of the note ‘re’) in A US (an American) What a word and what a clue. EDIT: The suggestion has made, which I agree with, that RES probably means ‘things’, from Latin.
Nonsense about exploding fuel bottle? Hardly! (4,4)
Refund: respond to "I'll scratch yours ..." ? (8)
Consequence of mounts being placed on piping (6)
Was host of children overheard following me around? (6)
Extract firm replies from the floor, oddly overlooked (5)
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every other letter in FIRM REPLIES reversed (from the floor) This one, I was fortunate enough to know.
Reveals where son's lifted sack? (4)
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OUTS (reveals) with S (son) moved
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