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Wader limb dips periodically (4)
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Alternate letters of l I m B d I p S. A bird of the family Plataleidae a fact you may never need.
Read an involved letter that stimulates (10)
Information with note helping peer group (10)
Where man might eat dog's breakfast? (4)
Curry was one of fish and rice originally (6)
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Reference to John Curry, who revolutionised ice skating in the 70’s by combining great technique with balletic, artistic expression. The wordplay attaches the SKATE fish to the first letter of R[ice]
City chap shot around noon (8)
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COVE for chap and TRY for shot encompassing N[oon]
Sweet cold wine lacking finish (4)
Dating app perhaps pairing Lucifer with God? (10)
Officer vain at heart gave up backing a politician (4-2-4)
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The heart of vain is AI, gave up is CEDED which must be reversed (backing) and then A and politician MP are added.
Drunk wanting to destroy (4)
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Druk is BLOTTO, remove the TO.
Sons in slippery conditions turn Zephyr (4,4)
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I lost time trying to find a gentle breeze sort of definition, but it’s as it says, and with the capital (technically) the god of the west wind. S[ons] inserted into WET, slippery conditions and WIND for turn.
Gloomy note written about world and its end? (6)
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The note this time is from sol-fa, and is MI. Write it around ORB for world and add world’s last letter to finish.
Master of fishing vessel we're told? (4)
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An erne is a sea-eagle, here poetically described. Sounds like (we’re told) URN for vessel.
Boss reported Irish county club (10)
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A South African throwing and clubbing stick. KNOB is boss as on the centre of a shield. Then the Irish county Kerry donates its sound to the mix (reported).
Saw that could be done easily (4,4,2)
Degenerate bore (4)
Down
How to make techie start conversation? (5,3,3)
Spot crown jewels kings must leave for display (9)
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Spot is SPECK and both crown jewels and TACKLE are euphemisms for a chap’s bits. Both K[ings] are removed.
Squeeze beneath a horse: it makes gelding niggled (7)
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So how does gelding become niggled? ANAGRAM it. Additionally, it’s RAM for squeeze (into a confined space) below A NAG or horse. With the previous clue’s references fresh in mind, I rather thought a gelding would be less niggled by such squeezing than a stallion.
Dancing dad sang with cast iron bucket (4,4,3,4)
Glory in making return to sack Assad's capital city (7)
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A city of ancient Assyria, famous for quinquiremes and and a fishy-smelling reluctant prophet. HEAVEN stands in for glory, add IN, remove the capital A of Assad, and reverse what’s left
Still upset — not very (5)
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Upset gives INVERT. Remove the V[ery]
Content of less articulate literary work (5)
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I assume we’re meant to spell out the letters S and A enclosed in les S A rticulate. There’s no “sounds like” indication.
Persuasive speaker can hire trio to play (11)
Scent stabiliser from Big Ears and Mr Messy (9)
Close to safe area in dangerous Hebridean island (7)
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The last letter of closE, then A[rea] in RISKY for dangerous.
Persistently ask relatives for fruit (7)
Despicable person supporting women's revolution (5)
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HEEL is despicable person who counterintuitively supports W[omen]
Offence reduced financial support for part of Asia (5)
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SIN for offence and AID for financial support cut short
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