English vehicle, one with another about to block this, the height of danger in Italy (8)
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Root cause to lose heart: crumbly eclair (8)
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Associate of monastery is not quite spherical (6)
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Almost entirely set free (4)
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Leader of choir admits Baker, a sweary person (10)
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Thrill of subtle colour across lake (6)
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One tin and initially three beer bottles in Spanish resort (8)
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Give a hard look round very fast (6)
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Mastered Latin to gain respect at last (6)
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In middle of long play perhaps catheter failed (3,5)
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Speaking Italian today in the arcade (6)
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Incest took place in such a room? (4-6)
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Buzzer has become loud? (4)
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Inability to recognise pitch in strip oddly missing close by (3,3)
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Richard Of York … for one was a jogger (8)
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English vehicle, one with another about to block this, the height of danger in Italy (8)
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Allowed to involve son in case (4)
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The Fellowship of the Ring (6)
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Unhappy expressions of dejection said to reduce business (8)
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Briefly village’s terrible rainfall drowning paying guest (8,2)
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Oust team’s wingers for new formation: that’s the limit! (6)
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Roughly check about a reservation (6)
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Custodian, energetic type, hiding key on purpose (10)
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Green supporter pens joke, ultimately one of several in column (8)
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Racist is doddery, of an age with the dinosaurs (8)
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Beautiful-sounding woman and mother? A malicious old one (6)
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Owner of shell company with no time to be author (6)
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Left snake for its opposite (6)
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Global medical body comes to a halt (4)

Crossword Information

Series
Cryptic
Number
29761
Date
31 July 2025
Setter
Imogen
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