Times Sunday #5071

2023-08-06

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1a

Fix a soft drink first to dilute a cocktail (4,6)

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6a

Bitter leaves off bay tree (4)

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9a

Layer put on when making pasty (5)

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10a

Club star regularly skipped meal, but not starter (9)

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12a

Private events actively fending off drugs (13)

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14a

Team, Liverpool, say, bitter having let in five (4,4)

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15a

Ran after being pronounced innocent (6)

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17a

Hapless chap trapped by changes in rules (6)

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19a

Plant workers' group jolly to Morecambe? (8)

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21a

Amusement mounts as music hero sings out (7,6)

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24a

Deputy, less sensible, outspoken as well (6,3)

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25a

Last stand (5)

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26a

In New York this would be almost noble (4)

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27a

Late in the evening, move with the music crowd (10)

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Down

1d

Piano provided to introduce a singer (4)

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2d

Drama over a lost cause (2-5)

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3d

A revolt about jam sandwiches in school (13)

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4d

Coffee retail, extremely variable in recent times (8)

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5d

Cow's too thin, diameter not good (5)

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7d

Splits in two sticks (7)

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8d

Cainenot one involved with screen revival (10)

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11d

Do or don't top your hot dog? (3,3,7)

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13d

Look, a reindeer mostly eats veg (10)

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16d

Economic area's lament when turning to gas (8)

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18d

One new around Rome after migrating? (7)

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20d

Raised on French, Welsh girl's native language (7)

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22d

Leave before rubbish is suggested (3,2)

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23d

Yield protected by finance department (4)

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