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Cryptic 29408 - 13 June 2024 - set by Brummie for the Guardian
Across
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His reaction after masque dances? ‘Likely to feel sick’ (9)
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Violent figure’s drink (5)
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In arrears? Ring branch (5)
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Misses out with Independent probing leader’s negative world view (9)
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Tom, ‘hot lay’, joins flash channel for retro TV feature (7-3,4)
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Male’s going to a hot place (4)
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Arrogant thug beaten up in grass (7)
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Thin swans almost cry out (7)
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Rodent hunter carrying large snake (7)
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One expects head to wear inferior underwear (7)
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See 11
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Eastern USA pet cruelty affected koala feeding station (10,4)
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M. Poiret, no dud – but no Keats (5,4)
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Similar to a sound made by dog (5)
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Sound means of accessing field technique (5)
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Light accompaniment, darling? (9)
Down
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Patient type planting narcissi border in raised beds (5)
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Investment company gives military group credit (4,5)
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Who’s keen on England organising help in goal? (10)
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Irreverence of Zulu warriors yet to be trained (7)
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Soldiers’ ‘quiet’ hospital eradicated respiratory disease (7)
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Vessel’s power cut – trouble (4)
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After one’s elevated one has to be ingenuous (5)
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Keeps restricting international language range (9)
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Senior level extended family accommodation? (6,4)
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Novel association of Stern and UK newspaper (4,5)
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Loudly refuse length of cord for your girth measurement? (9)
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Caruso rudely interrupted by you at the end (quite loud) (7)
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Gas pressure shake (7)
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Plastic stop put into butterfly wings (5)
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Corsets originally traded in States (5)
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