Across
Faction involved in exploit did a runner (8)
Musical effect always featuring in R&B (6)
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EVER(always) inside R and B
Within a couple of minutes, one senior journo acted dumb (5)
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M and M(a couple of minutes) containing I(one), then ED(senior journo)
Relinquish valuable item, mostly for drink (9)
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DEMIT(relinquish) then ASSET(valuable item)
Buzz in the neighbourhood? (5,4)
A lack of established routine in your dreams (2,3)
Offensive racket outside room periodically (7)
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NOISE(racket) surrounding alternating letters in rOoM
Shortage holding physical education back to intensify (6)
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NEED(shortage) containing PE(physical education) all reversed
You start to stagger after immediately standing (6)
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U(you) and the first letter of Stagger after STAT(immediately)
Boycott maybe in favour of lengthy cricket match (7)
Pack from stockpile picked up (5)
Donut cried out to be covered in fudge (9)
Extremely strict director enters animal refuge (9)
Elite players had a mare at the outset (1-4)
Do cats roam in smallish groups? (6)
Don't forget about any plant in a group (8)
Down
Get rid of fish and gyoza? (8)
Funny pear with bottom sliced off (5)
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a COMICE pear minus the last letter
Unremarkable, misguided hero faded, I'm told (6-2-3-4)
Time involving checks of wild animals following death (7)
Decline to enter a newly-written, amicable agreement (7,8)
Changed wheels before getting to another place (9)
All the best extras? (3-3)
Walked a mile, then ran (6)
Explain the meaning of painter prettifying frames (9)
Vessel bearing King's flag (8)
Cushion sags at the back again and again (6)
Type of coffee, according to hearsay, that can stimulate desire (7)
Silence a fan of religion (6)
Sour berries primarily found beneath tree (5)
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first letter of Berries under ACER(tree)
Type letters or click words in the clue