Across
Father is back — foul, debauched man grabbing southern explorer (3,7,5)
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most will just biff this, but, for the record: FR IS reversed S (southern) in RANCID (foul) RAKE (debauched man)
Appeared reckless before Yankee not wanting to be shot (6-3)
Snake right next to tree (5)
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R ACER; non-venomous American snake
Person relaying prophecy heading off in boat (6)
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c ORACLE
Learning chemistry, leaving short of content about compound (8)
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reversal of LORE (learning) CY L~G ; as Merlin points out, this should be a reversal of LORE C~Y L~G, with leaving and chemistry both having all but their outer letters removed
Epitaph by an admirable person from Australia (6)
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R.I.P. PER (by); pretty much all Australians, then
Forcefully seizing king, entering on horseback with guards (8)
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R in UP in USING (with)
Adjusting giant nut carelessly (8)
Somewhat hope nuptials become more lively (4,2)
Violent downpours knocking out uranium plant (8)
One who loves trouble starts to rewatch Easy Rider (6)
Capital account raid ignored by papers (5)
Assistance to get off horse? (9)
Revolutionary capitalised in expanding part of UK (8,7)
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another biff…but, for the record, take ‘in’, reverse (revolutionary) and capitalise it to NI, then expand it!
Down
Help gullible chap to be heard (7)
Dance graduate supporting group periodically (5)
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g R o U p MBA
Ruler and a rogue clergyman (5,4)
Just robbed of house and home (4)
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ho NEST
The author had time to welcome flipping daft poet (8)
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SILLY (daft) reversed in I’D (the author had) T
Physicist cut dreadful article on speed of light (5)
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DIR e A C; never heard of him
Instrument one cooler chain stocks (9)
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I (one) in AC (cooler) CORDON (chain)
US lawman left university, ultimately inventing anti-listening device (7)
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EARP (Wyatt) L U ~G; smart hearing protection device
Stunted cyberbully roughly put into standard police vehicle (6,3)
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TROL l CA (roughly) in PAR (standard)
Reject authority of pirate due to wind (9)
Singer due to receive millions here stripped (8)
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IN FOR (due) M h ER e ; ‘due for’ and ‘in for’ have similar meanings, but I can’t think of a context where ‘due’ or ‘due to’ works. Over to you…
Don't booze with sailors — you shouldn't have contents of pint (7)
Warn of combining wine and Pernod on a regular basis (7)
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PORT p E r N o D
Diamonds ground without resistance in the end (5)
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D EA r TH
Sent up character drinking orange juice and wine (5)
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OJ in AIR (character) reversed
European travel company's case (4)
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E TUI
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