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American kills leader abandoning upper-class people (4)
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Upper class people are TOFFS (unless you are one, of course!). Take away the leading T for an American synonym for “kills”.
Insect infesting rubbish endlessly fed to dog (10)
Ancient folk tale incorrectly recalled in parts (10)
Savagely attack Frost's first narrative poem (4)
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F[rost] – his first – attached to LAY, that sort of poem.
Always interrupting fluent movement (3,3)
Most here ailing? (4,4)
He composed letter after a bit of work (4)
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Alban, composer of (mostly) 12-tone music, more Radio 3 than Classic FM. Nice touch here: the letter after A is B, followed by ERG, “The CGS unit of work, equal to 10 −7 joules”, which doesn’t sound like much.
Worry defender in America doesn't give enough? (10)
Police officer under pressure made to look worn (10)
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D[etective] I[nspector] for the police officer, who, being under pressure is STRESSED. Jeans with frayed holes in the knees at inflated prices.
Ice mass sheared away a little lower? (4)
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When a glacier or an iceberg breaks a lump off, it calves, the result being quaintly described as a young bovine
Marriage promise at some other time for admirer (8)
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“I DO” LATER, fortunately forcing the E spelling.
Troops in support for Nelson at Trafalgar? (6)
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Referring to the iconic centrepiece in Trafalgar Square celebrating our greatest naval hero.
Small amount for you in Paris sent back (4)
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I think this is a direct translation into French of “for you” which would be À TOI, reversed (sent back).
See rook kept by wacky cybernaut (10)
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Soon to be presided over by Dame Sarah Mullally, her installation as Archbishop being in 3 weeks’ time. Here represented by R[ook] in an anagram (wacky) of CYBERNAUT.
Wesleyans denatured alcohol opened by poet (10)
Characters regularly seen in rougher industrial area (4)
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The odd letters of RoUgHeR.
Down
Gear in Providence right in order for marine flyer (7,4)
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RIG for gear in FATE for Providence, then R[ight] in BID for order.
Incidental illustration second one to please greatly (9)
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S[econd] I (one) plus DELIGHT for please greatly.
Tundra dwellers you found beneath a ridge in county (7)
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A North American variant of reindeer. Stacked in a down clue, we have A RIB or ridge in CO[unty] with [yo]U at the bottom.
US race trouble starts suddenly in city there? (8,7)
Relatively common boy necking a sherry regularly (7)
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There should be a ! after boy to facilitate changing it to COR! but we’ll let that pass. Our genteel setter prefers to infill with A and then follow with the alternate letters (regularly) ShErRy, rather than succumbing to the – um – coarser possibility.
Write up extract from manuscript (5)
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I think this is intended to be the reverse of OIL OF (cloves, for example) for extract.
What poets often do that Keats and Yeats don't? (5)
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Despite their similar spelling, the names Keats and Yeats don’t rhyme.
Mother initially cradled him, ruined in Eliot's work (11)
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An anagram (ruined) of CRADLED HIM after the first letter of Mother. That’s George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans.
Old bore's spoken for well-known brand (9)
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Brand is an alternative for sword. Here we have EX for old, and aural wordplay of calibre, as in 12-bore.
Lured in — temperature cool in butt (7)
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T[emperature] plus ICE for cool (verbal version) contained in END for butt. Let’s say that’s a cigarette end.
Hero elevated in Scotland knows devil (7)
Man following instinctive desires in style (5)
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So that’s the Isle Of Man after ID, Freud’s unconscious psychological drives which we modify in polite society via the ego and superego.
Group round court extremely elegant (5)
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Round O, C[our]T and E[legan]t extremes.
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