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Alaskan city's branch or agency downsized (9)
Some soldiers almost laugh involuntarily (5)
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CORPSe; to corpse is to laugh (occasionally, to make someone laugh) at the wrong time on stage
Animated character with goal to serve drinks (7)
Priest protecting poor moves out of Brazil (7)
Largely subdued spy drinks martini finally — it's shaken not stirred (10)
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TAMe martinI in [Jason] BOURNE; got to love the Bourne films, about a bloke who doesn’t know who he is
Unenthusiastic response crushes small network (4)
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S in MEH
Plant 41 stops work (5)
Quest — pick outrageous dance (9)
Antique unit to get angry about state museum's leader (5,4)
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OMAN (state) Museum in RILE (to get, i.e., make angry); a Roman mile (mille passuum or milia passuum – a thousand paces – from which ‘mile’ is derived) was somewhat shorter than a modern mile, standardised in 29BC by Agrippa at around 1620 modern yards. Well, you know, nutrition being what it was, those legionaries would have had shorter legs.
English city is a close match? (5)
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beloved home of Brian Clough; a derby is a game between local rivals. The latter owes its provenance (unsurprisingly) to the boisterous Shrove Tuesday football games of the 18th century. The most famous took place in Derby, where the parish of All Saints squared off against St Peter’s, the aim being to force the ball into the other’s parish.
Leave South American capital briefly (4)
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QUITo; Quito shares the podium with Bolivia’s two capitals in the list of world’s highest capitals
Artist's editor wise to pull back (5,5)
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ED followed by reversal (back) of SAGE (wise) DRAG (to pull)
Save king's boring quotation? (7)
It's played by chamber musician (7)
Card deck returned to snitch (5)
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reversal of TO RAT (snitch)
Man to deal with topping for loaf (9)
Down
Religious leader and a bishop on program (5)
Sweet creature eats dairy periodically (7)
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dAiRy in CAMEL
Bananas gone on ripe tree (6,4)
Leader leaves more nuts for summer? (5)
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mADDER; as, in Crosswordland, a winger is a bird and a runner is a river, so an adder (someone who adds) is a summer (someone who does their sums)
Plant, say, on road plating metal (9)
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EG (say, for example) followed by (on) TIN in LANE
It can make parting company bearable at first (4)
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COM (internet domain name for a commercial company) B~
Period covered by cost of living? That should get a reaction (7)
Grumpy companion follows friends the wrong way — reckless! (4-5)
Abruptly left desk, dazed and confused (10)
Sort queen out if one asks for it (2,7)
Coin toss for fantasy sport (9)
Part of US train disturbed calm air (7)
Kind of music paper publishing rubbish magazine (7)
Fancy cereal seen regularly in African city (5)
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fAnCy CeReAl; at only 98 metres, the Ghanaian metropolis comes in pretty low in the highest capitals list
In speech, refers to locations (5)
Rising late, nearly curses (4)
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