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Cryptic 29492 - 19 September 2024 - set by Paul for the Guardian
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20’s 19 announced? (6,2,5)
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Bit of gossip in group email (4)
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Autocracy, but Somalis demanding reform (10)
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20’s singer of biblical teachings? (6)
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20’s team event’s beginning (8)
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Mark of throne room’s occupant? (5,4)
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Reportedly finished off – where did Cameron and Johnson go? (4)
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Rings initially lost – that was an accident (4)
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Register lies on bed wrapped in petition (9)
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Piggy in mixture of suet, nothing for Napoleon to eat? (8)
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Criminal gaoled for the last time? (3,3)
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Echo found beauty in Narcissus (3,7)
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Charge for butter? (4)
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An icon of fictional intelligence? (6)
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Garment I see on delinquent (6)
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Oscar clasped by good, class actor from the ‘60s (7)
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Right, supporter takes two-thirds? (5)
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Cloth damp, bottom wiped under drink (7)
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Fancy food on the side? (6)
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Lists of duties observed when switched around, triggering mechanism (9)
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Suspect one has come across Greek letter, fifth in total – here? (7)
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Spear parts, as those? (9,4)
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Hole in vessel, it capsizing – transport in 20 (9)
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Subject of back page shortly published, might there be money in it? (7)
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Shooting target in Cup Final? (3,4)
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Railway absent in exquisite European city (6)
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20’s enchantress originally imprisoned by friend of best friend, wizard (5,6)