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Cryptic 29521 - 23 October 2024 - set by Enigmatist for the Guardian
Across
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Illegal betting for Yankees game: book opening (7,7)
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Toronto icon is unable to flush out a debtor (2,5)
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Former England wicketkeeper who’s seen at the top of the order (5)
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Fool will not work to include lyric (9)
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High Court Judge’s dictum reportedly recognised Johnny and Zoe’s statements? (3,5,6)
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Small engine used to pull buggy (4)
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Old #1 in Telegraph punches local Independent compiler pdq (2,2,4)
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A bureaucrat, in part panjandrum – and a ringleader (8)
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What helps to produce portrait if eyewitnesses can recall (1-3)
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Feature of Carry On Nurse, pricking our Bernie’s nose comically with needle (6,8)
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Getting reaction a bit wrong, passport is in front of general (9)
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Insert cosmetic (5)
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Screening thirds, this examiner does lines from Sonnets (7)
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See 1
Down
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Is pinching more than just a dram (4)
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Milestones in MCC (6,9)
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Dress carried to the North East (6)
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Pest got savvy (6)
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Sort of girl chosen for manipulating defection (8,3,5)
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As subtraction turns out, peculiarly (4,1,10)
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Intensely dislikes supporting theatre shows (10)
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House-buyer may want these scams unattributable to rockers? (3,3,4)
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Go down, as many will with strike at end of lane (4,4,8)
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Leading actor passing round tips from great experience? (6)
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Mark very particularly chopping cabbage up in one go (2,4)
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In rising, painfully winged archer (4)