Across
Supporter 'andled kit the wrong way (6)
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[H]ELD RIG all reversed.
My word accepted by artist and Gauguin's inspiration? (8)
Food for school, possibly great weight on board (8)
Mite or horsefly? (6)
Male company transported by every carriage (10)
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STAG (male) EACH (every) with CO inserted.
Crass and cross, reportedly? (4)
Measure of liquid has dropped on cheek (4)
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GALLON loses ON.
Coarse stuff, race across Brighton beach, say? (10)
Just on a fish, net caught (10)
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RE (on) A SOLE with NAB = net inserted.
Kick, long shot perhaps? (4)
Fin scratching surface of scale (4)
Man in club with fish — something for the oven? (6,4)
A little dress and a leather shoe (6)
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here it is, hidden.
Capital put on entertaining round dance (8)
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I took an age to get this – a dance I’d never heard of – and had to check it. I was thinking “capital” was going to be the definition. RIGA is the capital, DON has O inserted.
Noble recalled something worth having when faced by prisoner (8)
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fortunately I’d seen this before somewhere. ASSET is reversed after CON.
Boring item male put in jacket (6)
Down
Alas, elite worried, so worried (3,2,4)
Somewhere in Ireland, good to go with colleen? (7)
Pig out in Essex appreciating truffles for starters (3)
Secret society in China, a friendly place? (5)
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TONG (Chinese secret society) A. TONGA was / is known as “The Friendly Islands”.
Artist livin' under hotel has no new material, ultimately (4,7)
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H (hotel), (HAS NO L)*, the L from materiaL, BEIN[G] = livin’. I guessed him and deciphered it later.
Record Bolshevik making a point? (7)
Winning for each person (5)
Capture of vessel by bounder calls for ensemble of fools (3,3,5)
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PAN a vessel inside CAD a bounder, BELLS supposedly = calls. Do you bell someone? A cap and bells is worn by a court jester.
Reversible protection for consumers? (3)
Crime and rent source of wealth for country (9)
Correct spades perhaps used to cover plot (7)
European city from Barking station, northbound (7)
Adult publication secreted by minor, odd bits torn out (5)
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[m]I[n]O[r] with MAG inserted, an adult insect.
Spirit associated with sailors a lot (5)
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I stared at this for a while trying to find a way to explain it. Even so I’m raising an eyebrow. KA is an ancient Egyptian name for a spirit of life; RM are Royal Marines so sailors of a sort; A. For me KARMA doesn’t mean LOT or fate, it means actions in this life which are supposed to affect your next one, but it’s this sort of crossword.
Smother crack (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue
