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Prize 28315 - 12 December 2020 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
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Cold sore (6)
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See 10
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Weasel's relative staff and I put back in absurdly long hole? (4,6)
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Egg beater father damaged — might he be coddling? (10,6)
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See 9
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Tiny spot that's pink on leg (8)
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Drug that's popular filling plate beside me (9)
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Old strip with hat in yellow and pink, primarily (4,4)
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Three quarters of twelve people on a Hebridean isle (4)
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Game, one prodding virile chap? (4,5)
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One doesn't believe it: number reversed in account (8)
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Wee like wee? (6)
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Circling oil platform, sustainable power demanded — privileged few going to the country? (5,5,7)
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See 15
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Reflective poem set in Spanish city (6)
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Storm damage (6)
Down
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See 24
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Message to take down, quickly read out? (5)
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Fuel compared to first of oil in middle of well (7)
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Mysterious vessel in time capsized (6)
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Tongue in pain ultimately, doctor operates to sew it up (9)
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Overly sweet claret drunk with last of sherry (7)
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Combination of painful and exciting strokes? That's it! (4,3,6)
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Bodily hole in shade of pink (9)
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Pace jerk has wrong, upped (7)
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Lower temperature necessary in the end above church altarpiece (7)
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Better shears cutting coat of ewe (7)
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Drunk was irritated (6)
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Look back in anger after Nov 31, fancifully? (5)