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Skirt with narrow opening ignored by a model (9)
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MINI (skirt) + (with) APERTURE (narrow opening) – (ignored by) PER (a)
Christian celebration rejected by American state (5)
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MASS (Christian celebration) reversed (rejected) next to (by) A (American)
Devil retreats with feeling of disgust in possession (7)
Soup lid covering nothing — you might snap at this! (5,2)
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PHỞ (soup) TOP (lid) around (covering) O (nothing)
Take action against publication erasing lives (3)
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ISSUE (publication) – (erasing) IS (lives)
Peel off tape to cook sweet treat (6-5)
Fish tongue ultimately lacking strong ingredient (6)
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GAR (fish) LICK (tongue) minus last letter (ultimately lacking)
Unopened finest china keeping current value (8)
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BEST (finest) minus first letter (unopened) + MATE (china) around (keeping) I (current)
Perhaps Sun King regularly stripped hearts bare (8)
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STAR (perhaps sun) K (king) + every other letter in (regularly stripped) HEARTS
Fail to justify force’s conviction (6)
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BELIE (fail to justify) F (force)
Editor taking back tasteless, ignorant curse (3,3,5)
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ED (editor) around reversal of (taking back) NAFF (tasteless) + BLIND (ignorant) I knew NAFF but hadn’t quite heard of this expression, though it sure sounded like something naughty.
Cover for priest arrested by Special Branch (3)
Free time visiting Wild Bill (7)
Eye copies of Zulu retaining a stylish energy (7)
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P.I. (eye) ZZZZ (copies of Zulu) around (retaining) A
Thin and weak, like Oliver at the cinema? (5)
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REED-Y A reference to Oliver Reed, whom I did not know, but whose existence I could surmise.
Female inside criminal court is clean (9)
Down
Leader with magic touch, misunderstood at first, is winning promotion after promotion (5)
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M{isunderstood} (at first) + IS around (winning) AD (promotion) reversed (after promotion)
Like weapons of mass destruction: in doubt once UN turns up (7)
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UNCLEAR (in doubt) with UN reversed (once … turns up)
Fearful article covering strain between west and east (3-8)
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AN (article) around RICK (strain) in (between) WEST and E (east)
Dangerous and nefarious leaving Rio in chaos (6)
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NEFARIOUS – (leaving) RIO anagrammed (in chaos)
Unnatural ability originally rattled providers of Fuel drink (8)
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ESP (unnatural ability) + first letter of (originally) RATTLED + ESSO (providers of fuel)
Previously advanced onto Monopoly square (3)
Australian mangetout of the moment quietly added into main (4,3)
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NOW (of the moment) P (quietly) in (added into) SEA (main)
Drake maybe covering page upon page in Canadian flag (5,4)
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MALE (drake maybe) around (covering) P (page) + (upon) LEAF (page)
Everyday media, unusually, bother enlightening school? (1,4,1,5)
Bible reader’s acceptable idea about exorcism? (9)
Inverted winger ran and took the ball forward? (8)
A very loud Mediterranean island turned warm (7)
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A FF (very loud) + ELBA (Mediterranean island) reversed (turned)
How friend may introduce herself in Islamic territory (7)
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“I’M A MATE” (how friend may introduce herself)
Big beasts in position (6)
Business class initially ejected French composer (5)
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BIZ (business) + SET (class) minus first letter (initially ejected)
Charles who performed in Shaft (3)
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