Across
Unravelling very fast (8)
Start working without training (4)
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O(PE)N
Short race arranged for pit workers (9)
Mozambique's back country bovid (5)
Some lotion, a salve for your nose (5)
They sharpen colours on paintings (9)
Clear box housing old set of drawings (5,7)
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STRIP, “Clear” + CARTO(O)N
Non-frozen spread for Pancake Day? (7,5)
Ironic, small label outside East Berlin landmark (9)
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R(E)ICH(S)TAG
Principal keeping one in step (5)
After batting, turn first to the bar (5)
Polish migrant able to speak at length (9)
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(able)* + ORATE, “speak at length” …Been a while since I awarded a Creative Anagrind Prize!
Sport of cane twirling (4)
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FLOG<=“twirling”
York's first-rate defender (8)
Down
Zany fellow dismissed by Nemo? (8)
Wizards seek to recruit new blood (8)
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A(N)CES TRY
Ring sounding a little Dickensian (5)
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“Nell”
A man that line dances with no country music (8,6)
On board, men catching rare sea creatures (6)
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P(R)AWNS
Camper, perhaps, who can barely relax (6)
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CD …The most common way, by far, to clue this word is with a CD, which makes sense: Any added wordplay would still need a definition that has to be somewhat specific without being too obvious.
Organ cleaner supported by wire (5,9)
Dish composed of a metal (8)
They claim to forecast earnings for auditors (8)
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“profits”
Harry, a short story writer's city (8)
Way to goad fish (8)
Run, declining drinks, becoming parched (6)
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D(R)YING The word order is deceptive!
A poet's girl enlivened by sex (6)
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VI, six, “sex” in Latin + (girl)*
Narrative cut short with maiden under attack (5)
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