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Cryptic 29178 - 18 September 2023 - set by Brummie for the Guardian
Across
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Accomplished lines about a comprehensive (7)
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Settled on entering working party (7)
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Career that's stimulating (5)
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Choked elongated fish perished (9)
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Symbolic 5 includes guitar riff (10)
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Detailed description of small muscle (4)
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Anniversary bash outside eastern entrance out of control (12)
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Guardian articles on Republican political group that heralds a storm? (7,5)
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State service (4)
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Drink that in Spanish means 'island' (10)
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Umlaut scrawled over man's name; accept it or else! (9)
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Brother gets over Dutch scam (5)
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Sought to circulate around river's low points (7)
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Ostentatious as kids in a puddle? (7)
Down
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Loss, if York houses become fixed (6)
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Go grey, perhaps, after near death (6)
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European football team abroad clear end by half-time (10)
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Fair's awkward situation: no parking (5)
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US state split by ex-monarch's notary (9)
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America's holding of heaven-bound heavenly objects (4)
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Drumming sound coming from grass on a plot (8)
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Performed turn on ends of rickety stool, being two-toed (8)
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Significant base in Gulf conflict (10)
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Versace, not busy, dropping round to see writer (9)
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Feel dizzy taking diamonds, say, for beachwear (8)
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Wrong time and time again — love rather strained (8)
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Matches squeal when lit (6)
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Implacable insensitive heartless sexual partner (6)
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Newspaper 'X'? (5)
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Sticks up for superior (4)