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Maybe encourage one to get groundbreaking single out (4-4)
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If you hand someone a pick, you might be encouraging them to start chipping away at the concrete.
Greeting for which parent, sadly, is not going forward (6)
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سَلَام for those of you who can read Arabic, in full ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ , as-salāmu ʿalaykum, peace be upon you. The way this works is you select MA as parent, ALAS for sadly, and then since she’s not going forward, she’s reversed.
That is awfully harmful for a footballer (5,4)
Commentator's staunch European (5)
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Staunch as in CHECK the flow, but as said by a commentator, so sounds like it.
American or Caribbean music covered by a network (7)
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Caribbean music is SKA, rather like reggae, “covered” by A LAN, local area network.
Switch to fiddle used by old composer (7)
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Joaquin, a Spanish composer. Switch is ROD (with which schoolmasters used to be allowed to beat impish pupils) fiddle gives you RIG, and add O(ld). Here’s John Williams playing his Concierto di Anranjuez
Reducing money for American sailor after swindle (13)
Tricks pair at bridge — opponents there? (6-7)
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Pair is DOUBLE, bridge is CROSS, and opponents at the game of Bridge are E(ast) and S(outh)
Rum sort of jacket seen on graduate (7)
Crescent, one French in character, largely (7)
Owner of estate left thoroughfare, accepting fine (5)
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L(eft) R(oa)D with AI for fine inserted.
Part of Hampshire town's free to redevelop (3,6)
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An anagram (to redevelop) of TOWN’S FREE
Is spread betting clean? Yes, every so often! (6)
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A neat lift and separate with an amusing twist. SP for betting (Starting Price), the alternate letters of cLeAn YeS.
Maybe gather tight trousers for director (8)
Down
Husband in Soviet Union a cavalryman once (6)
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H(usband) then (Yodaspeak) A in USSR.
Other parent presumably also missing opera (5)
After quiz, family you could turn to late in the day? (7)
Complicated for a technician, unleashing loud chemical process? (5,8)
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An anagram (complicated) of FOR A TECHNICIAN with the loud F “unleashed”, let drop.
Charity account artist set up for Greek department (7)
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Well, it’s an administrative district, at least. Charity is AID, AC(count) and RA for artist complete the set, which you then reverse (set up)
I agree I must meet obligations to provide services (9)
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AMEN for I agree, I for -um – I, and TIES for obligations
Game, if clumsy player turning up with girl, no good at golf (3-5)
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A clumsy player, especially an acting sort, is a HAM. Reverse it (turning up), add JO (as in March, Bland etc) for the girl, and N(o) G(ood) and NATO Golf. Originally Chinese game with illustrated tiles.
Conflict in another case slow-witted hosts scaled down (5,5,3)
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So the other case to lower is upper. Within sloW-WItted you have the common abbreviation for our conflict.
Cold homeless waif stops to see old war leader (9)
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A waif is an URCHIN, delete the IN for home, use the remains to stop CHILL, cold.
Poor black lad sold nuts (8)
Sensationally, if clearly, making speed of light run! (7)
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Clearly, LUCIDLY, if the speed of light C becomes R(un)
Car accessory that's fixed on for us (7)
Three couples send rude message — and in French (6)
Letter: it's likely to arrive after Thursday (5)
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