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Cryptic 29563 - 11 December 2024 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
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Giddy, similar having struck head (6)
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Serious film about a double Dutch lover? (8)
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One Direction’s corrosive agent on the radio? (8)
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Girl, cross with deadline, finally gets extension (6)
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Garbage in tum, husband – one of those? (5,7)
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Somewhere for swimming cap, one’s head! (4)
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Virtue in large settlement, hurrying to bank when last one divorced! (8)
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Stumble across wrong wire in security device (8)
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Bloomer in cunning manner initially erased (4)
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Is that concealed by instrumental entertainer? (6,6)
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Not appreciated – as a number made redundant? (6)
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Turkey probed by animal doctor, alas, some leave (5,3)
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Reassembly of gun, doable after unloading a weapon (8)
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Before year, second went fast (6)
Down
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Best lap (4)
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Body part raised, black in colour (9)
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Romantic novel read well! (6)
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Where plants studied in old forest on which log cabin built, housing much appreciated (9,6)
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Powdery on the moon, scrap’s gathered up (8)
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He painted Earthling and Venutian, say (5)
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The other pieces for old band (3,7)
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Local call outlining prophecy (10)
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I don’t want to listen – but a labourer might? (4,2,3,4)
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A generic kind of philanthropist or self-help guru (8)
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Legend written below canopy of pine, part of trunk (6)
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Doctor you and I had, healer (5)
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