Pilot, with excited cry, getting large bit of machinery (8)
Pilot, with excited cry, getting large bit of machinery (8)
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Hollywood director left bigger screens (6)
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Lush exterior of diaphanous resins (6)
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Accessories – boring items put on that woman shortened (6)
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Assistant returning in a flash if you’re prepared to fork out (2,1,5)
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Motown star is good? Indeed! (4)
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Has a craving to eat 1501 peaches (10)
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Wary jockeys in difficulties – a dozen of them are in this grid (11)
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I wasted coins engaging agent to show some attractions of chemistry (5,5)
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Buff host with no clothing is what could alarm Sky viewer (4)
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Erotic quality in caress that’s out of control (8)
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Steer car? One may go on foot (6)
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Back from hols – bit of a laugh and wine in Split (6)
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Cooks a kind of bread in fires, now and again (6)
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Pilot, with excited cry, getting large bit of machinery (8)
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Son, breaking pieces, taps good egg (6)
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Appealing face of police chief (8)
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Knocked over Scottish port and syrup – it’s on a Swede’s floor (3,3)
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Musical sound effect radio collaborator brought up (3-3)
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Safe spot to catch dog (6)
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Reasonable to protect soldiers from small country (3,8)
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What chatterbox did ruined
Baby Reindeer
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Chocolates or last portion of fruit ripples (8)
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Model catching painter in confused situation (6)
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Tough lioness ultimately keeping old squirrels away (6)
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During 11/05, fellow makes polite request (2,1,3)
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Awful, boring cover of Smiths tracks (6)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29580
Date
1 January 2025
Setter
Picaroon
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