Across
Computer devices after backing up becoming smoother (6)
Shakespeare's first to reverence his justice (7)
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S{hakespeare’s} [first], HALLOW (reverence). Justice Robert Shallow appears in two of Shakespeare’s plays. I didn’t know this but the wordplay gave me confidence.
Equipment I had fixed (5)
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RIG (equipment), I’D (I had)
Earlier, a shot in court (9)
Predictable blow, traffic having to twist and turn (5,4)
Like a chimp pair, regularly in tree (5)
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P{a}I{r} [regularly] contained by [in] ASH (tree)
Dull, short book, one of a collection (4)
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MATT{hew} (book) [short]. A reference to The Gospel According to St Matthew which is part of the New Testament, so ‘one of a collection’. Matt. is an official abbreviation so this is not actually a deletion clue.
Thought blue team a different colour (10)
Using drone in conflict is decisive (10)
Hack work, first chapter (4)
Cargo in galleon's restricting progress (5)
Drink in fresh coffee at last, having done this? (9)
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COLA (drink) contained by [in] PERT (fresh), {coffe}E [at last]. The definition is reflexive.
Drained state of pint seems to require refreshing (9)
Group of hotels, the third becoming the last in the country (5)
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When the third letter of CHAIN (group of hotels) becomes the last we have CHINA
Being legless, repents moving about (7)
Enthusiastic about entertaining good music (6)
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EAGER (enthusiastic) reversed [about] containing [entertaining] G (good)
Down
One sharing job perhaps is to leave with watch (4-5)
One starting a new life being married, I concede (7)
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M (married), I, GRANT (concede)
Mock royal receiving grand old man (6)
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COD (mock) + ER (royal – the late Her Maj) containing [receiving] G (grand)
Rebuke son without emotion (5)
City article held back for broadcast (8)
One king guarding another that is less discreet (7)
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LEAR (one king) containing [guarding] K (another king) + IE (that is). SOED: leaky – fig. (of a person) unable to keep a secret.
Accompanied by daughter to take inside measurement (5)
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WITH (accompanied by) containing [to take inside] D (daughter)
Island, I gather, having many features (8)
Summer clothing small — take it off? (8)
Protest against repeated cold snaps (9)
Complete confusion of business meeting swamped by papers (8)
Butterfly, one passing over (7)
Leader shortly taking band for audition (7)
Disreputable and unsteady, speaking drunkenly (6)
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Tongue-in-cheek aural wordplay [speaking drunkenly]: LOUCHE / “loose” (unsteady)
Old songs left for silly people mostly to collect (5)
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GEES{e} (silly people) [mostly] containing [collect] L (left). We had a discussion here a while ago about glee clubs, barbershop singing and the like. ‘Glees’ as songs originated in the 17th century.
Pressure on girl at last to consume tuck (5)
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