Informed this bit of crossword dessert should be returned (5-2)
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Across
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Informed this bit of crossword dessert should be returned (5-2)
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Following American, notice a nitpicker (7)
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Attaching a name of the French mountains (5)
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One offers fake news: spacecraft appearing in series? (9)
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Drink ruined winter coat (5,5)
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Have dinner, ignoring latest racket (3)
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Treated too well, vile underdog will turn nasty (12)
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Led by, and steered, following West? Not impressed (12)
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Prison sentence eliminating male bond (3)
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A sister wildly tucking into dessert in cake shop (10)
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Steamed ahead? Steam ahead, dropping an article clumsily (4,5)
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Liberal politician getting stuck into beer (5)
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Trivial pit running short with no aluminium around (7)
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Source of metal retained by those people in principle (7)
Down
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Restrained speed after crashing at the outset (6)
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Seduced academic embraced by a Parisienne (6)
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Curves and dots decorated book jackets (4,6)
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Cannelloni, perhaps, and where it appears in the dictionary? (5)
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Like the Bee Gees fan later excited about origin of rock (9)
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Some players I demand for team (4)
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Airborne soldier not bright, welcoming good example (8)
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Drone reverberating in your Biblical song of lamentation (8)
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Prosecute criminal sequestering a very remote region (5,5)
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Tries to block genuine theatre preparation (9)
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Mike in Ushant, possibly Northern fellow pursuing fox? (8)
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Notice study – not entirely stupid – as an extra item (8)
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The German’s receiving charge for cloth seller (6)
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Rescue rock group crossing river (6)
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One pawn caught in trap? That’s not very competent (5)
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Insubstantial object, with bottom missing (4)