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Cryptic 29212 - 27 October 2023 - set by Brendan for the Guardian
Across
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Test one conservative holding back effort diversifying unions (8)
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Shakespearean villain trapping maiden for mature monarch, say (5)
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Isolated high point providing some satisfaction, but only some (4)
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A low place for bargaining is producing indignities (10)
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Rubbish that queen may have to bear (6)
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Run in without importance in attractive fashion (8)
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Condemned left-winger embracing what's wrong (7)
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Take to house from food store very shortly (7)
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Guided a returning assistant in state capital (8)
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Made call that's failed without a line (6)
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Person whose job is summarising a short book or penning small treatise (10)
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Creative efforts are raising the stakes, first of all (4)
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Perhaps Indian Mutiny's leader imprisoned in end (5)
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Reaching crescendo without middle C, like Four Seasons' variations (8)
Down
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Push through deep exit frenetically (8)
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Site of mausoleum consumed in conflagration (4)
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Damage politician in one broadcast (6)
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Disorganised nonsense in note (7)
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Is interrupting the speaker about repeated plea for mercy (8)
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Piano then fiddle I learnt as composer (10)
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Accommodation that subsumes second accommodation (6)
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Blue Danube is in this outing – hired Brendan in two cases (6,4)
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Twice daily event for island set up, open to change (8)
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Kind of blue, counterpart of shocking pink? (8)
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Supply again includes assorted parts for rockets (7)
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Be upset when trapped by girlfriend in argument (6)
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Scrambled draw at home – he considered selection, naturally (6)
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It's said to accompany a will from home (4)