Keep hoping undraped women at the end smile mischievously (3,11)
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Across
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Keep hoping undraped women at the end smile mischievously (3,11)
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Getting back in time, keep at it inside (3,3,3)
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One purple heart taken affecting pelvic area (5)
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Watching what vandal’s doing to car which won’t start (5)
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Go for a working dinner, only the second offering meat (9)
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Begging Iran and Togo to settle (8)
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Clergyman heard shot at table (6)
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Done so badly, it’s lumpy (6)
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Not all right, scenery in one part of England (8)
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Pick up contents of nappy by river! To what purpose? (9)
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One son in clear – it’s not the full picture (5)
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Bashir’s odds slashed? Mental! (5)
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An elite fighter shortly entering very small country (3,6)
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Idle, so I applied to perform with those I might come across (8,6)
Down
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Negotiate in war shamefully showing disrespect? (3,7,1,3)
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What am I doing, increase in size permitting? (7)
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Increases confusion involving the very rich (9)
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Mate with sweetheart in bar – it’s been arranged beforehand (3-2,3)
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Again put down Romeo’s iconic car (6)
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Balls left by top seed – and racket (5)
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Horny individual in college with my name (7)
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One visiting London’s North, South, East and West (amongst others) in readiness for combat (6,8)
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Culture represented by apple pie, baseball, roots music and er- a maniac maybe? (9)
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Criticises GP over accepting 50 and change in conditions (4,4)
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Selectively read point I’d made (3,4)
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Is being sent back – like that bloke maintained it’s not cooked (7)
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Make a mistake transitioning and come clean (4,2)
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Councillor never showing up to register (5)