US tourist area’s carbon copy hoax (4,3)
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Across
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US tourist area’s carbon copy hoax (4,3)
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Fun right to the end, like a god (7)
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Could rocks darken? (5)
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Object about obscene gesture – finally arrested (9)
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Fit type used to be female’s kitchen aid (10)
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A killer in the main section of motorcade (4)
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Vital sack for heater (8,4)
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Bent on cuts in organisation, India? (12)
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See 6 Down
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American academic feels sad for flighty thing (6,4)
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Gull menagerie’s back in British promenade (9)
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Brief from short officer on horseback (3,2)
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It expands crude oil trade endlessly (7)
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Police force decline to give area in imperial terms (7)
Down
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Agents interrupted by rogue, noisy male? (6)
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Specialist Guardian/Telegraph leader writer (6)
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Junk and smack following fish south (10)
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Explosive red gas without a residue (5)
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Microwave part (foreign – not German) (9)
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Purloined jumper and tracksuit top came to be settled (4,4)
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Check on stock (8)
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Like Pagliacci touching female star on date (3-5)
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On the radio, one croons ‘Darling’ which might be piped (5,5)
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Resort area lawyer’s overwhelmed by ‘pathetic zero cut’ (4,5)
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Gave credit to a dead writer taking centre place (8)
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Wayward sailor working up marines a lot at first (8)
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Bond in southern state – he scored! (6)
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Like breaking outside power with English spirit (6)
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Poor Miss ‘Y’ (5)
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Wally gets told off (4)

Crossword Information

Series
Cryptic
Number
29824
Date
13 October 2025
Setter
Brummie
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