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Cryptic 29651 - 25 March 2025 - set by Pangakupu for the Guardian
Across
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Still developing latest things in better toy soldiers (8)
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Dismal cold house I avoided, one out of many (6)
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Lit one after my cigar (6)
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Indicators to assess Groucho on the radio? (8)
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Fell over during unobjectionable music? (4)
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Chap’s court case involving old college at various points in the past (10)
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Decide not to meet comedian (5-2)
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Bears seen around river beaches (7)
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Nonconformist mostly tucked into quantity of wine, employing a bit of brain (10)
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Courage shown by former King going to Troy (4)
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Nobody accepting Ness rippling? Rubbish (8)
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Right to switch components by agency (3,3)
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Small piece, not advisable for swell organ (6)
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Aerospace work? Shock European attempt (8)
Down
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Very happy controlling line in gospel message (2,3,2,3,5)
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Unions reveal bit at work requiring lots of work (6-9)
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Restaurant quiet about wood floating on river (10)
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When speaking the writer was hard, being 20? (7)
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Nasty, uncovering lechery in extreme cases (4)
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Source of floral stuff repurposed in banal decorating (9,6)
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Deceptive stuff in newspapers supporting donkey being introduced to beach (5,3,7)
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NASA’s concern: shots off target and rate of progress (5,5)
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Quickly reduced claim with staff being cut (7)
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Right to engage in study, turning – into this? (4)