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Cryptic 29325 - 8 March 2024 - set by Pasquale for the Guardian
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Nomadic drunk going round India or some island (8)
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Sculptures of at least three Greek characters (6)
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Dynamic individual that one should avoid contact with (4,4)
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Foody occasions – relations will eat each bit (3,7)
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Great rift when cleric embraces heresy finally (6)
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Mournful type's hit record (8)
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Socialite and seductress ditching husband, a composer (7)
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A man involved in no branch of science (7)
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Program location containing nothing suitable (8)
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Stops and starts (6)
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Fellows having little energy and fevers on Scottish island (10)
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Release a bit of cricket equipment (4)
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American university's short tree or shrub (6)
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Sign given by head of militia abandoning tanks (8)
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One VIP turning up to confront saint (8)
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See 10 Across
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Poet gets post but not a great deal (6)
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Bar friend with a platitudinous style (7)
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Soldier with Eastern weapon within reach (8)
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Job of gun dog being derided (7,3,4)
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Some of these Ravel rejected as a composer (6)
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Your legs collapsed, climbing the stairs? That's unimaginable! (3,7,4,2,2)
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'Relatively calm' perhaps is a label at sea (8)
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Reading University impeding a girl (7)
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Concert with huge pieces of publicity (6)
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Result of wearing bra creates a row (4-2)
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