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Cryptic 29288 - 25 January 2024 - set by Pangakupu for the Guardian
Across
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Wine barrel trimmed to make instrument (7)
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Daughters interrupted by expression of hesitation I have produced (7)
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They criticise struggle to fill water containers beside river (9)
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Parents accommodate heading for Rome (Italian city) (5)
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Chilled response about source of unusual accent (4)
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Love – i.e., bums heaving – in these? (4,6)
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Prepared to come round to fix instrument (6)
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Detective encountering nonsense about one US city (7)
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Week One in US series is sentimental (7)
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Nothing new purchased, having missed opening (6)
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Yorkshire produce an encouragement for Arab? (6,4)
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Much-favoured bridge team where lawyers gather (4)
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Short story identifying detective, in brief? (5)
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Little space to be engrossed in accommodating a venture (9)
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Dictionary is holding up returning name of complex (7)
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List best type of desks? (4-3)
Down
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Cancel membership fee after receiving credit (5)
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Conceal part of innings in tournament (5,2)
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Runs after people gathering for a drink (4)
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Somehow pitches tent OK, securing height and length? Things become more complex (3,4,8)
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Monks heading for Hell, largest first? (10,5)
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Left in charge over European committee appointment (10)
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Check I leave after taking in conclusion of another Hitchcock film (7)
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Determined a Duke should be borne by galloping steed (4,3)
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Source of drugs, I note, given to male politician (6,4)
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Leather companies taking different directions after excess trimmed (7)
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Welsh papers stop including English spread (7)
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Display hospital article on inflammatory disease (4,3)
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Second year completed? Sweet (5)
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College had reduced students (4)