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Cryptic 29415 - 21 June 2024 - set by Fed for the Guardian
Across
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Revolutionary soldiers with guns, repelling city police (7)
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Something huge in women’s cricket? (7)
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Character overshadowing book gets cut (1-4)
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Worn-out bear for the most part, very attractive (4-5)
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Rye port is working to protect old warehouse (10)
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Somewhat user-friendly one is bound to work (4)
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Be opportunistic – Ted Talk’s introduction’s enthralling as long as the man’s hiding brightness (4,3,5,3,3,6)
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Whistleblower taking on European bank (4)
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Astounding – this writer’s not actively resisting having made a case for resistance! (10)
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Electronic signal getting gangster moving (9)
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Newspaper discovered hairdressers maybe starting to get off the ground (5)
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Keeper probably very near the batsman – losing focus in a boisterous way (7)
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Sanitise driver’s competition, taking motorway out during second half of race (7)
Down
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On the subject of act making comeback (6)
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Hanging ordinary work in flat (6)
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One looks sweet in dashing Cuban heels (7,3)
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Check retired multimillionaire’s imprisoned (5)
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Confusing extra wait for harbour transport? (5,4)
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Occasionally seeing couple in public (4)
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Feeble old man the jerk pursued … (8)
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… pursued quickly – one delivering a tirade inspires a following (3,5)
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Row 9 potentially called in lottery? (10)
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A walk in the park means a healthy 1 down without much exertion (4,5)
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Swimmer’s temperature taken by ship’s doctor (8)
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Climbing records cycling club could be topping (8)
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Deny 1 down’s contrived (6)
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Finally Madness chose It Must Be Love for Chesterfield, say (6)
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Church assuming priest remains (5)
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Caribbean location’s housing provided internet connection (2-2)