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Cryptic 29299 - 7 February 2024 - set by Philistine for the Guardian
Across
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Birds on seaside spot to start with, eating what they eat (7)
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Dealing with cake that's seasonal without filling and topping (7)
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Singer keen to make a comeback (4)
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To split up and desert over the onset of marriage is an idealised vision (10)
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Testament featuring male member in bloomers (6)
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Followed the example of having dealt poorly with bird (8)
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Regular light infantry starts out with one who doesn't belong (9)
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Entanglements from speed (5)
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Sharp causing laceration in casualty (5)
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Much arena activity for us (5,4)
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A badge for fooling around? (8)
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Appetiser is able to simulate (6)
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One of 16 churches: the first welcomes love, the second follows it (5,5)
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See 7 Down
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Futile to cut back (7)
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Drama writer's safe space (7)
Down
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Dog caught in awful menagerie (7)
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Realism is lost in this field (5)
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We read out a couple of letters (3,3,1)
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Face being sick in bed? (4,2)
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Vessel or two (9,4)
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Whiff of sodium is emerging (7)
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Like Euler, a notable original! (5,8)
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Bringing back earlier TV production (9)
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Wine and tea and endless joy (7)
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Booze trashed what's within school walls (7)
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Covers eyes, we hear, to turn over (7)
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Don't start arguments and beatings (6)
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Finally clean a dirty place that's vile (5)