Approach twice for censorious comment (4,4)
Approach twice for censorious comment (4,4)
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Approach twice for censorious comment (4,4)
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Custodian visibly pained twice in retreat (6)
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Plaster moulded for stationery item (7)
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No good tucking into antelope in part of kingdom (7)
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Mistake, ignoring onset of extreme fear (5)
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Spooner's rough method in which 'i's are dotted twice (5,4)
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Stroke family pet with ping-pong bat (5-6)
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Taking joint, he's addled, not entirely able to control matters ... (2,3,6)
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... gossip: fellow taking methamphetamine with little price to pay (4,5)
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Live large with lustful revolutionary (5)
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We're told the writer observed ugly scene (7)
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Earl reports landholdings (7)
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Boxers' ultimate sporting prize: they're worn like belts (6)
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Everyman, very behind, deserted and alone (8)
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Ranks putting energy into throws (6)
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Insubstantial, somewhat irksome? Agreed (6)
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Poet seeing tip of esker between mountain pass and elevation (9)
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Madman eagerly represented Biblical figure (4,9)
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Take fish (5)
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Costly accessories suit (8)
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Scripture considered to have morally improved ... (8)
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... lay readers opt out: they anticipate what's coming (5,8)
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Reported dodgy act: no deal (9)
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Still cheats, first to last (8)
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Like a damning review describing low-budget film? (8)
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Emulate a bird: leave in haste (4,2)
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Sealed the deal; shut down the business (6)
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Cleaning home or running errand, primarily? (5)
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Series
Everyman
Number
4011
Date
3 September 2023
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