Sweaty Conservative confronting Labour politician (6)
Sweaty Conservative confronting Labour politician (6)
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Reveal
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Sweaty Conservative confronting Labour politician (6)
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Meat in cold paper to dispatch all around (5,3)
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Shine as one wanting desperately to be heard (6)
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Strange capital with unknown content, not as you would expect (8)
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Engineer vets car on site where one’s been brought in – here? (7,7)
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What’s put on the table, raised audibly by directors? (10)
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City’s sexual stimulant knocking six out (4)
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Daughter entering one town or another (4)
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Trendy program on old computer location not appropriate (10)
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One restructured NHS attendance, becoming more influential (2,3,9)
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‘Up-to-the-minute’ is about right for ‘very hot’ (8)
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Scottish river visible around posh quarter (6)
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Artist endures rooms that aren’t very nice (8)
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Old woman blamed for being awkward? (6)
Down
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Young player left in bed (4)
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A superior holy person before becoming self-abnegating (7)
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Mum showed great enthusiasm when given one old coin (8)
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Lion perhaps a pet? That leads to explosive disaster (11)
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Seem to have a change of direction? That could be it (6)
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Attractive but not loud, creating an impression (7)
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Describe energy policy during appointment (9)
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Bird had to protect its home in national property (5,6)
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Exceptional arbiter’s primarily real legal expert (9)
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Aged with hint of spasms in the heart – the effect of a virus (4,4)
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City right for some foreigners outside – and for their sort occupying it (7)
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I blush – woman ultimately hugged and treated disrespectfully? (7)
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Sheep tick evident around Ireland (6)
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Female and male who survived the Flood (4)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29334
Date
19 March 2024
Setter
Pasquale
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