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Cryptic 29517 - 18 October 2024 - set by Pangakupu for the Guardian
Across
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Comprehensive traversal of a few dictionary pages? (4,4,2,5)
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Violent offence involving crime that initially comes from drink (7)
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Fewer characters than 5 taking equipment aboard public transport (7)
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Golf hotel, India – part of the cuisine it serves? (3)
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This primarily isn’t hoarse? That must be wrong (11)
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Crude porn images showing bloomers? Just the one (10)
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It’s not much, having only half the characters available (4)
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Dodgy behaviour, guzzling soft drinks (4)
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Original demure face drawing men in (10)
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Power in Eurocrat disturbed resident of island (6,5)
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Largely avoid speed downhill? (3)
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Changed in last year, with an unpleasant impact (7)
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One scrapes most of whisky container with doctor intervening (7)
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Possibly London fuel test will involve much-used Government levy (7,5,3)
Down
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Fellow contacted the French over island’s conflicted language (9)
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Getting rid of last of tourists during trip (7)
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Allow small military operation to capture North (8)
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Number not given for lower number (5)
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Thatcher, perhaps, upset about source of threat provided by four characters (9)
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Place about to go off? Let’s not go there (4,2)
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Lug home payment to secure contract (7)
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Biblical text without hesitation is deadening (5)
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Some light coming through doorway in stage performance (9)
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Consider accommodating dump on former location of cinema (9)
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Romeo brought in beer round – how many provided? (5,3)
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Jerk, say, having papers in a frenzy (5-2)
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Enlightenment almost here? (7)
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Regular twinkling mostly seen in stone (6)
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Shock article presented in movie (5)
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Damage observed on a Spanish holiday area (5)