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Cryptic 29301 - 9 February 2024 - set by Pangakupu for the Guardian
Across
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Earlier term for monastery or other religious building (6)
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Tense anger about King’s ultimatum (6)
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Problem in America backing hostile stance (6)
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Ecstatic feeling reversed unparalleled regret after consuming noodle soup (8)
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Animal cry beginning to resound over a river (4)
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Calm debate has father overruling copper (10)
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Lawless people who may be found climbing rocky brutal crags (3,8)
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Hostility? A good man is not provoked (10)
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Signal information for racing fraternity I overlooked (4)
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Line secured by camping expert? It often flaps about (8)
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Country set in mostly established area (6)
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Critical comment about Scottish island – no end to that uproar (6)
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Supplementary ROM eminently embodies this, on reflection? (6)
Down
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Beginning to threaten song after the wee small hours? It must be the liqueur (3,5)
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Times editor getting rubbed out (6)
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Steal dog and lizard (8)
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People often emulated that man and revolted, we hear (6)
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Secure one working cogwheel (6)
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One has three legs? That'll be the consequences of taking drugs (6)
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Leaf collector, or artisan working with tree (3-8)
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Sibling about to get upset stomach, mostly from vegetable (8)
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Prayer allowance about to proceed heavenwards (8)
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Wretched person who's joined religious movement? (6)
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US University coming in to repudiate ignoring Democratic opposition (6)
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Variation in maths and algebra finally leading to complaint (6)
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The writer’s uplifting story, linked to high-class environment (6)