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Cryptic 29449 - 31 July 2024 - set by Pangakupu for the Guardian
Across
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Esoteric source of classic No. 1? Not hard to be repulsed (7)
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Smaller proportion of soccer team backing union (6)
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Bet about Jesus’s grandmother rejected, they feel (8)
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Reduced settlement, not entirely ample, regarding acid (6)
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Municipal building in USA involved with moonshine (7,5)
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Vagrants? One holds forth, concealing point (10)
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Overturning of lie doing away with large worry (3)
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Regularly invent way of linking computers (3)
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Play tunes excitedly with contralto – good playing would get you this (7,3)
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Military officer presented by left-wing speaker as spy (12)
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Is enough for decay, getting old, suppressing new (4,2)
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The same is observed in large-scale outbreak (8)
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American writer about North America? A breathtaking experience (6)
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Word meaning ‘sinning’ arrived back in reference book (7)
Down
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Green Arrow’s gutted in worry (4)
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Exclamation involving a ‘Drat!’ ultimately (4)
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Stealing cattle is wrong in Cornish location (8,6)
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Stylish group ignoring initial legal process (5,6)
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Initially found delicate wind instrument in black box (6,8)
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French composer, ignoring love in heart, being unduly weighty (10)
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Heart recording providing something of a celebration (6,4)
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Scoundrel’s broken patent leading to pressure in job (6,5)
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I accept endless rain swirling in outdoor meal venue (6,4)
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Director truly disheartened over something said by actor ahead of new Stoppard play (5,5)
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See 4
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Agreed title sees Knight in lower position (4)
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Losing power in particular is unpleasant (4)