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Cryptic 29529 - 1 November 2024 - set by Qaos for the Guardian
Across
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Love games helping with theatre work (9)
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Poet’s successful hit in America, not #1 in France (5)
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Suggestion: return online shopping basket? (5)
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Foolishness as Archer caught out blocking – it’s spinning today at both ends (9)
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Goon loses face dumping 4951 grand fighter (7)
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Game over getting wife to wear jewellery (7)
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Space explorers beginning to launch in a manner of delivery (5)
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Don Corleone finally quitting struggle (3)
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Fire maintained by King Lear (5)
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Rank 1000, 500, 9/2 and 50? (7)
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Extremely emotional blackbird flying west a tiny amount? (7)
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Pot only two snooker balls in short holiday (9)
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Pull back to tackle United defender (5)
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Country’s first chess champion, unknown (5)
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Was superior to old tea, drunk stewed (9)
Down
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Negative instruction suggesting you must leave US pastry (4)
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Comment on book (6)
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Woman’s exciting role meant getting fruit (10)
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Prime Minister once in slow dance (6)
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Load of fruit 25% off following some brown ends (8)
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Switzerland attached to excellent drink (4)
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Messaging me back, forgetting header’s deleted (8)
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Girl hugging Romeo with force (4)
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Copper outside in a dreadful state of terror (5)
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‘Rubbish Tip’ drawing, perhaps owned by student (7,3)
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Birds moving skywards, for example, taking in view (5)
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Tablet penned by strange alien found between poles of the moon (8)
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Individual with a small part, Starmer’s not one to break law (no shock) (6-2)
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Old transport aircraft’s information about fine lift-off (6)
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Ignores financial institutions stealing pound sterling (6)
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Sea island housing 28 (4)
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Elitist changing negative answer to positive after raising children (4)
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Fathers and theologians describe introduction to Apocrypha (4)