Covers loosely with cropped top and trousers (8)
Covers loosely with cropped top and trousers (8)
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Covers loosely with cropped top and trousers (8)
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Printed – and hightailed it (3,3)
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Musical aces exhibiting supreme talent regarding instrumentation, primarily? (7)
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Round child tucked in to cheese roll (7)
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Decipher crossword’s clues? Only about five (5)
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Attracted by quirky demeanour (9)
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Ken sends urn toppling in debauchery (11)
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Everyman has room for improvement, reader: honestly! (1,7,3)
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Central character in
Dungeons & Dragons
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Manages nuts and loaves (5)
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Desserts with flirts (7)
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Land – ground – earthier – not hard (7)
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Vacantly idling in vehicles: they’ll produce smoke (6)
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Some priest ran Georgia, leading to disunite (8)
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Live around flightless birds in muddle (6)
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Nicks from old swords caught (6)
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Scoundrel and lunatic brought up in N Sea port (9)
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Alcoholic drinks, assuredly not some 1917 reds (5,8)
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Old soldier and mother heading up to see friend in Seville (5)
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Took place in company, rising, better – about right? (8)
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Tricky; finished struggling (8)
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Pleased by ‘cake’ that’s reconstituted pulses (5-4,4)
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Less well behaved; more like Fanny Adams? (9)
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Performed with a cold jerk that’s preachy (8)
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On LSD, that’s staggering (8)
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President’s computer working to suppress resistance (6)
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Avoid dunce’s cap, excelling (though only somewhat) (6)
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Governor that’s needed by draughtsman (5)
Crossword Information
Series
Everyman
Number
4039
Date
17 March 2024
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