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Something spicy for starters, made by expert (4)
Grass up old lag, getting time inside as such? (10)
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SHOP + LIF(T)ER.
One's legendary in performing musical phrases back to front (7)
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RIFFING, with the G moved to the front.
Defender turned to protect area, leading 5-1 (7)
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S(A, V, I)OUR. Turned meaning turned sour.
Achievement in martial arts something to build upon? Not ideally (9)
Go off to collect a small piece of meat (5)
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RO(A,S)T.
I'm surprised — small figure's brought in by top earner (5-7)
Grunting, chew nuts — awful! (3-9)
"Excuse me from meal", I repeated, interjecting "Bravo!" (5)
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[me]AL + I(B)I, where the B is from the NATO alphabet.
Fugitive's fantastic leap across border — Steve, actor featuring at the end (9)
Crazy fool keeps on grabbing son (7)
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BE(R(S)E)RK. No etymology, please.
Accuracy is maintained by compass (7)
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REAL(IS)M, where both realm and compass indicate a large extent.
Journalist, left outside, changed plans (10)
Hide pepper (4)
Down
Married twice, gauges somehow it's a futile endeavour (4,4)
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Anagram of M,M and GAUGES.
Church is welcoming poor country's folk (8)
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CH I(LEAN)S.
It may be concealed by varnishing edge (5)
Form of verb is beyond many English (4,5)
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PAST + TENS + E. Are tens many?
Mark seen in the middle of hammock? (8,5)
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Yes [h]AMMOC]k] contains an upside-down comma in a down clue.
Blimey — hemmed in by river in both directions! (3-3)
Equality with king usurping power is an uncommon thing (6)
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(-p,+R)ARITY.
One vessel capsized in curious Scottish loch — foul play? (5,8)
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FUNNY (I SUB upside down) NESS.
Under pressure, worked shifts say, in potentially dangerous situation (6,3)
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P + anagram of WORKED + E.G.
Fighter with precipitate manoeuvre, ultimately leading to painful episode (8)
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MIG + RAIN + [manoeuvr]E.
A hair product I'm regularly into — you're never too old, unless it's applied (3,5)
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A GEL + I’M + I[n]T[o].
Caught traffic light about to change, arriving at curve in road (6)
Hunter erected a place to sleep in (6)
Maybe old farm worker's beginning to regret cutting into pipe (5)
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HO(R[egret]SE. I was hung up on hand for a long time.
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