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Cryptic 29624 - 21 February 2025 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
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Floors warp slowly at first with buff carpeting (5,4)
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Anchor, one swallowed by fish (5)
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Lost when navigating? (2,3)
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Affluent London district with bitter constituents, by the sound of it? (5,4)
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Quiet when kids finally kicked out, eh? (3)
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Blandishments from Wellington at Waterloo? (11)
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Stick figure, head in Hangman to go – in trouble up there? (3,4)
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Recognise extract (4,3)
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Great Arsenal leader in Italian stallion perhaps tackled by those from Chelsea? (3,4)
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Stole 23 across? (7)
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A tight shirt features again on back of striker in Scottish team (5,6)
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Quiet quip (3)
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Central politician or whip stymied by it (9)
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Last of five huge boxes to lift (5)
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Where one might be putting London park (5)
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Bath full of beer ultimately quaffed by difficult setter (9)
Down
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Grasp Spooner’s headlouse? (4,3)
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You and I pretend to save time for team (4,3)
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Very difficult installing engine part in Yorkshire town (11)
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Go low boarding vessel (7)
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One mistake at end of game in suburb of West London (7)
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‘Cold-blooded’ killer, swine wanting closure (3)
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Sixties singer bringing power into song in brief theatrical performance (7)
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Top and bottom of small cube in trick (7)
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Tip over beer in London station (11)
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Bananas, except top banana (7)
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Catch monkeys in valley when ground cleared (7)
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Food processor plugged in connects to machine (7)
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Art is with me modelling for great artistes (7)
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Swine loses top match (7)
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Maiden coming into Bank via Victoria, say? (7)
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Career issue (3)