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Cryptic 29693 - 13 May 2025 - set by Harpo for the Guardian
Across
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Reportedly purchase farming tool for a penny farthing? (7)
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Steady earner from clubs beginning to collaborate in adult entertainment (4,3)
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English involved in slight about Aussie football (5)
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Force once made rough bombs (4,5)
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Top hack’s office tried so desperately to get joint (10)
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Only real mugs should survive its scrutiny (4,11)
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Perhaps cyborg’s faulty power unit discharged at random (11,4)
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Having a change of heart, female sheep chasing castrated ram around area shows alert gaze (7,3)
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Longing for what was left in Santiago, unfortunately (9)
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Fling means of protection, sacrificing first rook (5)
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Posy heads evenly covered in mist (7)
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Boy cycling in bay maybe finds lever (7)
Down
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Stock gatherer seen around Suffolk, for one (6,6)
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Revamped Commodores launch site in Russia (10)
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Distinctive character conveyed by Internet host (5)
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Mix with Marxist holding no good line (9)
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Company for older folk horrified, mainly over losing hospital (4)
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Flat baked objects Dave’s mate put across majority of terrace (8)
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Ducks, say – 50% died in winter going north (8)
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Rivet up broken corroded pan (10)
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Prisoner, curt church officer and daughter came together (9)
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Pressure in America superficially harms economic recoveries (8)
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Fire safety measure identified in formal part of flight (3,5)
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Category of disastrous result in eg MSc or PhD (6,6)
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Diplomacy surrounding Republican’s religious pamphlet (5)
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Pamper bishop wearing laurel (4)