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Cryptic 29579 - 31 December 2024 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
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Male detective’s kind of party (8)
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Preface perhaps key (6)
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Degree of warmth attending a kind of party (4)
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Little rabble in party (4,6)
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Party where rubbish bags left (6)
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Piece behind bar broken by drunk, finally – good shot! (8)
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Small hamper for kind of party (7)
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Party disrobing heir in spoilt child (7)
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Reflection of love child, say – as whoopee made? (8)
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Like dripping taps, odd bits cast in silver (6)
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Foreign senator keeps party leader in opposition very close (2,4,4)
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Party clobber (4)
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Diva’s first private kind of party (6)
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Two kinds of party drink (5,3)
Down
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Driver second if not invested in hard work (5,3)
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One bird or more soaring? (4)
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Bottle shown by male driver? (6)
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State where a woman ruined by gin after a party (7)
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Keep party dish out (8)
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Miss show that is holding auction (10)
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Classes where dope given time (6)
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Sending up light starter in grapefruit, pickled onion on top! (10)
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Semi-intoxicated, for example, bedding Republican delegate (8)
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Fancy dress with it, a failure (8)
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Back of ghetto toured by buddy, I don’t like that part of town (7)
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Call for help when discovered with a tin, rattled about for collection (6)
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Kind of party in office after charitable event set up (6)
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Launch backhander (4)