Approves current demands (8)
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Approves current demands (8)
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Bargain with Yorkshire Ripper, ultimately a killer (6)
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Half of headphones are broken with silence heard (8)
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Silver wind instrument is OK (6)
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Play to suit solvers (2,3,4,2)
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Medic in the morning facing a crisis (5)
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Big guns vessel internally in poor condition (9)
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Isn’t it commonly love that keeps gear hidden? (9)
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Swell port? (5)
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Muck about, you said, with reality in the making (11)
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Twisting truth, stand by copper in adversarial action (3,3,6)
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Mischievous silence after seafood (8)
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District court in pursuit of wayward prince (8)
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Port and beer by Adrian Turner (10)
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What goes with fish and chips in Epsom for Spooner? (5,5)
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Gold-plated end is so long (5)
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Countries following high speed intrigue (12)
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Cabaret near the centre of Luton found by driver? (9)
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If, say, Englishman kept his head … (4)
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… and in speech, regretted offensive … (4)
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… one in the Royal Navy might find nice workplace after right promotion (5,7)
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At first, Darwin and his theory got independent treatment (10)
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Hero myth at variance with Philistine’s alternative role (2,5,3)
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Squabbles are not about sticker beginning to stick (9)
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Funny magazine (5)
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Discothèque welcomes Billy Connolly? (4)
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Prison disturbance (4)