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Prize 28374 - 20 February 2021 - set by Qaos for the Guardian
Across
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10001000 teachers might be kind of shy (7)
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Labour employs leading econo­mist over article for growth (7)
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Small child's slide? (4)
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Old church's financial backers lose pound sterling in trades (9)
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Break back carrying wife's deposits as security (5)
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They send out Mister Messy to collect note (8)
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In the end policies bore, admit focus groups (4)
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Partners suppress anger with alarm (5)
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Remove stolen contents (4)
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Plant has Ubers manufactured (3,5)
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Perhaps Shakespeare eats no meals (5)
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Kept, as are exotic birds (9)
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Cricket, maybe, is mega-excited (4)
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Gap garment a third off — over nine grand! (7)
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Something unusual in books about lovesick Yankee (7)
Down
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Men bowled over by fine bird … (4)
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… and more court daughter with slow dancing (4,4)
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College in Cambridge or in New York? (6)
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Number it: a 100 written up as symbols (8)
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Champion in utter darkness (6)
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Nails cut up (4)
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Former party leader inherits real mess and can be excused (9)
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A little bit of quiet on the radio (5)
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Even reversing, I would be quick (5)
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It's beautiful out (8)
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Arguments with scientists about fish (8)
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Hit golf ball badly over river, then withdrew (6)
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Holy man to dance around his building (6)
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Dads drink on Sunday (4)
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Worried to support married couple (4)