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Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
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SPRUCE |
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Well-dressed timber (6) |
Double Definition |
4 |
RANSOMED |
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Some in South African capital may be set free (8) |
SOME inside RAND |
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CHAIRED |
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Looked after meeting’s tea and wine (7) |
CHAI + RED |
11 |
QUARREL |
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Scrap arrow with a four-edged head (7) |
Double Definition |
12 |
NATIONALISTIC |
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Loyal Italian son affected by medical condition (13) |
Anagram of ITALIAN SON + TIC |
14 |
BUDGIE |
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Bird that is following insect around, died (6) |
IE after (BUG outside D) |
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GET THERE |
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Go places, for example, coming back with T2 present (3,5) |
EG reversed + TT + HERE |
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SECRETLY |
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Three members of crew, in style, worked behind closed doors (8) |
(CRE)w inside anagram of STYLE |
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VALUED |
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Broadcast of vaudeville, not bad, should be respected (6) |
Anagram of VAUDEVILLE minus EVIL |
23 |
ELECTRIC KNIFE |
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Feel nice, strangely, carrying trick device used for cutting (8,5) |
ANagram of FEEL NICE outside TRICK |
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EURASIA |
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Continental land mass, close to Honolulu in area, is unsettled (7) |
honolul(U) inside anagram of AREA IS |
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STUDIES |
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Examines structural support that is close to buildings (7) |
STUD + IE + building(S) |
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MORAY EEL |
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Swimmer’s eye damaged in lesson (5,3) |
Anagram of EYE inside MORAL |
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STORMY |
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Passionate maiden featured in news item (6) |
M inside STORY |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
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SECOND BASE |
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Part of a diamond company listed in dispatch of inferior quality (6,4) |
CO inside SEND + BASE |
2 |
REACTED |
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Young bucks, say, picked up outside a court, delivered a response (7) |
DEER reversed outside (A + CT) |
3 |
CARBONISE |
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Coke is concealed in car body part (9) |
IS inside (CAR + BONE) |
5 |
ACQUIRED |
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Bought a number of sheets used in music collection (8) |
A + (QUIRE inside CD) |
6 |
START |
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Introduce principal (head of teaching) (5) |
STAR + (T)eaching |
7 |
MIRACLE |
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Vehicle reversed in a long way – an astonishing feat (7) |
CAR reversed inside MILE |
8 |
DELI |
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Shop is particularly deficient in delivery (4) |
DELIVERY minus VERY |
10 |
DRAB |
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Lacklustre poet making a comeback (4) |
BARD reversed |
13 |
NEEDLESSLY |
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Injections done with artful dexterity without any point (10) |
NEEDLES + SLY |
16 |
TRACKSUIT |
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Clothing racks should be carried by trade union with it (9) |
RACK inside (TU + IT) |
17 |
FLATMATE |
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Sharing friend left a source of money in divine will (8) |
(L + ATM) inside FATE |
19 |
CLEARER |
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Translation of Le Carre should be easier to understand (7) |
Anagram of LE CARRE |
21 |
UNIFIER |
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Binder found in blaze at university, it’s said (7) |
Sounds like UNI FIRE |
22 |
FIRS |
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Trees pruned before all others (4) |
FIRS(t) |
24 |
ESSAY |
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Central part of thesis, for example? (5) |
th(ES)is + SAY |
25 |
GERM |
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European releasing an undesirable micro-organism (4) |
GERMAN minus AN |