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Cryptic 29420 - 27 June 2024 - set by Kite for the Guardian
Across
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Monarch unattended by day is wise man (4,7)
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American pension manager ignoring call for attention in studio (7)
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Drunk legal stood down, getting prohibition notice (4,3,7)
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Angry worker grabs one item of food (9)
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Copied one that’s entering on foot (1,4)
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Tops of yew and fir’s fibrous bark (found in the Highlands) (4)
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Perhaps Thatcher’s advice and negative comment given socialist spin (2,4,4)
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Female’s rude shout and short cry after foreign article’s not bold enough (10)
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Reviewed a great deal. (4)
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Muddy son? For a bachelor, quite wet (5)
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Rising calls coming from stadiums (9)
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Charm offensive finally by Belgian city – over investment (7)
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US approval for exit perhaps (3,2,2)
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Mathematician and doctor at first easily selects second gear (6,5)
Down
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Working Greek hopes staff refrain from using drugs? (4,3,3,5)
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Identifies pins (5)
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Hospital admits mistake over type of ham (7)
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Lively young woman’s coffee-drinking diet regularly used (7)
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Fighters shouting, interrupting travellers (8)
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Unions alone must become reformed, but not at the same time (15)
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Why courts tape abuse – be careful! (5,4,4)
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Trainee clergyman doesn’t start up collection (7,6)
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Pest from Division welcoming short surprise announcement (4,4)
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Kite’s treasurer (European) loses annual return and pay (7)
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See 10 Across
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Frost narrated a piece of poetry (5)