Comical descent of creatures that fly around house (6)
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Comical descent of creatures that fly around house (6)
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Defiant, having capsized off England’s south coast? (8)
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People who fall for footwear (8)
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Beggar can expose housing secret (6)
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Carrot and thyme salad with round fruit? (6,6)
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Part of blind alley, perhaps, outside city (4)
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‘Funny business’ as sad colleagues of sacked police commissioner are heard to say? (8)
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Way one’s stricken with primarily genetic cause of disease (8)
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Bananas turning bowl over (4)
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As usual, ice cracks and splits vessel – not a tragedy (6,6)
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Passage from A Meeting Place (6)
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Engrave council official’s initials on mountain top device (8)
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Famous person’s not finished wearing kid’s jewellery (8)
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Sea-monster, Komodo dragon outwardly, swallowing playboy (6)
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Cross borne by bitter Rod? (4)
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Child’s play, so bound to be on the booze (9)
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Spike senior snatching week off (6)
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Player’s agent having celebrity status (15)
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Pain getting dimwit to be a wiseacre (8)
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Almost mad Greek character stood up for deputy (5)
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Clubhouse extension of course? (10,4)
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Everyone needs a means of holding flights when quite trembly (3,7)
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Voluntary fees from ‘Little Darling’ (gold vocal number) (9)
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Say Green Sapphire tops Fire and Brimstone as a paint option (8)
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Two jobs and one’s left both – dearie, dearie me! (3,3)
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In desperation I curse like the Greeks of old (5)
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