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Cryptic 29630 - 28 February 2025 - set by Brockwell for the Guardian
Across
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The most important thing on our menu is battered (6,3)
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American in love with the Spanish winger (5)
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Rwandan travel company welcoming Tories on vacation (5)
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Fruit crush making an impression (4-5)
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Amateur character endlessly in first gear? (7)
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Bread and butter opening for tennis player (3,4)
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Beef with a bad guy (5)
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Female in the middle of dirty look (3)
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Ruler overturned part of agreement (5)
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Oliver Stone ultimately directed work that stands out (7)
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Vibrations from organ picked up by Bach? (7)
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Satellite provider finally screens Playboy film (9)
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Scottish council leader in Glasgow canal opening locks (5)
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Plain refusal to follow everyone in retreat (5)
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Copper in Exeter ground with energy to run again (9)
Down
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Contract upset Martin Kemp to some extent (4)
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Dirty dog arrested by the head of Scotland Yard (6)
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Appalling turd with fur coat is 19ac (10)
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Payment owing for 19ac (6)
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Tricky to wash up left-handed (8)
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See 22
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Male lacking in spirit worried to move upstairs (8)
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Knocked over beer making escape (4)
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Cut 19ac (5)
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Arteta drew after beating to make no progress (5,5)
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Drives 27 crazy over recipe (5)
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Happy to hold permit for 19ac (8)
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Heart of kitchen garden in China (8)
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Top marks in audition for musical (6,4)
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Extremely entertaining golf hole is part of 19dn (6)
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Timeless artist served up drink (4)
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Space hopper on motorway (4)
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Novel date in Slough (4)