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Cryptic 29336 - 21 March 2024 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
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Trader, righteous liberal (7)
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Leave, in order to get drink (7)
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Unknown number in a wood, together (5)
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Element in the language of comics? (9)
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Reject imbued with spirit, certainly foreign secretary only popular abroad? (3,2,5)
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Capital o’ vakia or venia? (4)
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Create brews and make money in genteel tradition (3,8)
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Old pet’s ears given a spraying to get ticks off (11)
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Not-half enormous wobbles, it’s very 11 across (4)
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Speeding bullet finds leg bone, Anne’s knee initially shattered (10)
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Shooters spilled noodle bowl, and out ___ ? (9)
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Drawn features, some Trojan, I’m exhausted! (5)
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Tinny isn’t kicked about with can (7)
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Drink wine in which tannin originally flagged (7)
Down
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Cross first of roads passed round by driver (6)
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Mention hospital with nothing in till (6)
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Selection of player, hearts for example trumps (5,5)
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Something for the ballroom – s’ neither red nor green by the sound of it? (5)
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Money available I agree, time for booty … (9)
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… that in raise (4)
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Dislike a transcript (8)
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Say ‘aye’ too, I agree, seeing this? (3,2,3)
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Cool river beyond which a castle built (2-8)
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Druze say with Aramaic: case of both needing translation (9)
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Bottom smacks warming couple at night? (3,5)
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Musical for crying out loud! (5,3)
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Godzilla’s sister bites back (6)
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Mean gamers out of bounds? (6)
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Covert operator in unit measuring energy aboard old Spanish ship (5)
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Relation in Ulysses somewhat lacking? (4)