1 Artefact of old battle? Bet Valhalla came alive (9,6)
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Cryptic 29702 - 23 May 2025 - set by Pangakupu for the Guardian
Across
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Beautiful tree: feel bad with any being cut down in such a manner (9)
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Wide gap, though with nothing removed (5)
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Trendy to inject heroin after a litre drink (7)
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The American author eliminating last hero from Greece (7)
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I’m a Bishop, tucking into meagre vegetarian food (4,4)
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Uncooked meat? Experts brutally cut it open at first (10)
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Is ‘zero’ accepted by English logician? Meaty stuff (7)
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Publication I term running short regarding glamour (7)
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Offering easy growth in computing? Clear hype’s misplaced (10)
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Something described as metallic burning smell surrounding one … (7)
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… largely swamping one with some water? (7)
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Keen to abandon Right, adopting Left as standard (5)
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Roux perhaps about to backtrack after redesign of kitchen (9)
Down
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Artefact of old battle? Bet Valhalla came alive (9,6)
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Government official, large, appearing in bowler? (8)
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Easy thing to miss top edge (4)
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Drive through South American country with Northern seed (8)
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Position occupying excellent section in the current circumstances (2,2,2)
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Top of sluice losing liquid on a big scale (8)
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Convincing information secured in crib (6)
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Police operation – dastardly con, apparently (3,8,4)
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Showed precipitation without precipitation? That’s twisted (8)
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Exploit making no sense, kidnapping one farmworker (8)
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Beguiling warmth after cold (8)
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Servant carrying some Londoner’s scalding soup (6)
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Refined behaviour inclined to take a back seat around Cambridge University (6)
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Dark and perverted, though not at first (4)