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Commercial division is off course (6)
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Suitable branch for leader’s most important assistant (5,3)
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Significant woman causing marital irregularity (6)
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Golden quality in perfect works of art (11)
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Board work well together (3,2)
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Leaving party inside to spend some time outdoors (2,7)
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Dislikes top class interpretations (9)
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Con artist, half repudiated, making comeback (5)
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Greatly stressed when trading ends badly (5-6)
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Linger in church – it can be transformative (6)
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Fix a little pick-me-up and some Italian food (8)
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Nick is small – of course (6)
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Don’t pay attention to my views on regime changes (6,2)
Down
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Bare message delivered – take off a little weight (10)
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Autocrat runs into serious difficulty (3,7)
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One evaluating evidence of old volcano having blown its top (5)
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Exceptionally strong cluing for grooming apparatus (7,5)
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Daughter torn apart over mother returning has gone insane (6,3)
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Electronic device lets assistant fill in papers (4)
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Trifles raise some jealousy Othello harbours (4)
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Hardening quality shown by compiler doing fast job (5-7)
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African native died next to capital theatre (10)
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Rough ganger said make it bigger (10)
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Doctor clings to a longing for the past (9)
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Insect found in central Crimea, Ghana and Angola (5)
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Watchers regularly become experts (4)
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Bog has a very hot flow (4)