Buckle is not commonly something potential combatants wear (8)
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Buckle is not commonly something potential combatants wear (8)
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A model lives in these conditions (2,2,2)
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A client is terribly inflexible (9)
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Extremely rough on East river (5)
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They require a hand when performing (5,7)
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Central tribes hide in the same place (4)
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Regulations blocked by alien figures (10)
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Slippery politician’s career path? (6,4)
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Celtic language employed in Somerset (4)
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House representatives get at Senate’s corruption (6,6)
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Something bloggers hope to get, being all the same (5)
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Decide where to go for whatever food’s available (3,6)
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Butcher with tin fork becomes farmer (6)
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It’s good form to make first pass (8)
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Fancy that chap going after women (4)
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Sound shocked by Republican stench (4)
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Story lacking intro can still yield results (6)
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Spy a vital tiny modification needed for seasonal pageants (8,5)
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Small change that can do widespread damage (8)
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Sports cars with no room for third wheel? (3-7)
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Frantically resists pet becoming something acquired following divorce? (4,6)
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One renting London accommodation – it follows a period in USA (7,6)
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Consort with mariner supplying Spooner with alcohol (6,4)
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Dismiss a material military order (4,2,4)
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Sweater I unravelled in a way (2,2,4)
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Funding source doesn’t regularly make this, the upper limit (2,4)
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Reptile found when bottom of jar removed (4)
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Starts to find every little lesion to be malign (4)