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Cryptic 29424 - 2 July 2024 - set by Brummie for the Guardian
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Ely desperately after pen to house college transport (7)
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Scotsman broken by onset of injury and hard suffering (7)
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Musical piece produced by new department’s head in jumper (5)
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Burn wayward lazy daughter? Wild! (9)
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Sanctimonious little girl in car plant (10)
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See 24 Down
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Winner shouts out ‘There’s no merit in it!’ (12)
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Admonition, it seems, about breaking into song (12)
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Mechanical routine giving balls energy (4)
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Maybe London’s joint originator of written work (10)
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Dash, it’s rough being an ambitious type! (9)
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Mark 2? (5)
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Backing positive, steadfast youth leaders to undertake major journey (7)
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Level of society needing pluck to restrain a totalitarian leader (7)
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Lawyers’ bill for drink (6)
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Tester of prison work finally happy (6)
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Decoration designed for X? (10)
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Cast use Queen Ursula’s debut play (5)
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True! Rambo’s swimming trunks to be seen here (9)
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One’s fitted in gun carriage (4)
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Denials about cigar butt being Cuban? (8)
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No puritan, involving fellow in theft (8)
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One who works over the shop? (4-6)
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Book set in US city or miserable, dark state (9)
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Singular Côte d’Ivoire architectural style – O! is lost; quite a blow (8)
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Drink associated with railway in recent times (8)
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Brummie’s refusal to do a turn as the title character (6)
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Basic construction by American-Africans (5)
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Joins the performance of Tosca (teen night production) (4,2,2,3,3)