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Cryptic 29462 - 15 August 2024 - set by Brummie for the Guardian
Across
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Recent turmoil round college – its chancellor heads for way out (9)
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Volcanic landslide elicits cry of surprise in two ways (5)
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Faculty is right to welcome latitude (5)
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Relatively indulgent (9)
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State of USA, say Idaho, not prepared to entertain negative rejection (10)
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Nick’s on leave to become engaged (4,4)
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Symbols denoting items (ammunition) (7)
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Boron insulator for bum (7)
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Grant the ex-President less laxity to crush democracy finally in America? (7)
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Spiteful as a privileged class of Americans? (7)
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See 12
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TNT exploded outside ruin in ‘Encore’ area of Paris (10)
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Rogue cries out ‘English not nice!’ (9)
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See 24 Down
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South Pacific country’s short of one wave-making instrument (5)
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Spreading of legs on vacation mixed with despair (9)
Down
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As Legolas, basking in self-indulgence? (5)
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Fancy material – city hall clean out (9,4)
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Sleep problem (layperson’s version involving cocaine) (10)
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Stretches and ruptures, having dropped head (7)
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Electrical unit Lou turned into locks’ maintenance device (7)
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Neanderthal man trapping game (5)
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Breathe in rather strange sort of element (4-5)
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Neglected to drive home with hamper (10)
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Scheme gets navy, say, to run off (9)
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Innocent conjecture about it’ll spread (9)
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Like a US high-rise building celebrated in fiction? (7)
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Behold drinks retaining temperature with sun (7)
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Grave message by Englishman, extremely mature (5)
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Sly type shunning wife’s support (5)
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Assembled sewers’ joints? Outstanding stuff (4,5)