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To run slow recording takes (6)
Lives so devastated after daughters break up (8)
Remuneration comprises a million, one notes (5,5)
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PAY (remuneration) around (comprises) PER (a) M (million) ONE I knew this ended with ‘money’, but assumed for a long time that the definition would be ‘remuneration’. Once I realized how PAY came into things, the penny dropped.
Small deserts for all that work (4)
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S (small) leaves (deserts) STILL (for all that) A sneaky one!
Send over cross, then thump opener (8)
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reverse (send over) ROOD (cross) then [do the same with] BONK (thump) I’ve not seen the likes of this wordplay before.
I eat by what looks like ten (6)
Prime locations for cherries … this one? (4)
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prime-numbered letters in (prime locations for) CHERRIES Primes are numbers that aren’t the product of smaller numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc.
Fit shelves at intervals in loft (8)
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every other letter of (at intervals) SHELVES in ATTIC (loft)
Hide behind young woman as neccessary? (8)
Probable second option if (a) is no extras (4)
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“(b) YES” is the probable second option
Court action reversed in the end, defendants in clear (6)
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reversal of (reversed) last letter of (in the end) DEFENDANTS + IN + NET (clear)
No one on the credit side making concessions? (8)
One at last bound for New College (4)
Putting on a motley on pain of death? (2,8)
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anagram of (motley) PUTTING ON A
Dancer perhaps announced time for queen and honey? (8)
Red Putin's agreed to conceal (6)
Down
Plain figures in rollover of National Lottery (5)
Fine quality woman is protecting seabirds (9)
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SHE’S (woman is) around (protecting) ERNES (seabirds)
One of 28 days threatening to boycott Trump and co? (6)
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D (days) OMINOUS (threatening) minus (to boycott) US (Trump and co?) Question mark indeed! I guess ‘Pope Leo and co?’ could refer to all the residents of Chicago? Dominoes have blank through six pips on each square. So in ascending order we have 00, 01, …, 06, 11, 12, …, 16, and so forth, up to 66. That makes 7 + 6 + 5 + ⋯ + 1 = 7 x 8 ÷ 2 = 28 dominoes, a fact I did not know until right now. Possibly, you also did not know this.
"Visit Again Soon!": National Trust boards mimic animal park officer (4,2,1,8)
Earl cutting key to open small window (8)
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E (earl) removed from (cutting) KEY in (to open) SLIGHT (small) Again it took me awhile to realize that S + LIGHT wasn’t ‘small window’. ‘Cutting’ is new for me here.
Working interminably tedious bar is initially given unwanted exposure (5)
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anagram of (working) all but the last letter of (interminably) TEDIOUS without (bar) first letter of (initially) IS Fortunately I saw the answer right away, because the wordplay here is indeed tedious.
Farewell can move ultimately, with note found inside card (9)
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VALE (farewell) TIN (can) last letter of (ultimately) MOVE + (with) N (note) in (found inside)
Focus is what's under this impressive dish, finally lifted (9)
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EPIC (impressive) ENTREE (dish) with last letter removed (finally lifted)
Space to operate weapon that shoots Australian native in tree (5,4)
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BOW (weapon that shoots) ROO (Australian native) in ELM (tree)
Odd threesome in the bed adopting equally loopy bedroom appliance (8)
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odd-numbered letters of (odd threesome in) THE BED around (adopting) AS MAD (equally loopy) I followed the wordplay like a good little boy and came up with this random product.
Made a copy of 1 with a different partner (6)
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CLOSED (1 across) with N instead of S (a different [bridge] partner) This helped me get 1 across.
Not at the outset aware of dress fabric (5)
Outfits playing on diamonds contributing to fashion, in essence (5)
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