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Prize 28470 - 12 June 2021 - set by Vlad for the Guardian
Across
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Unable to perform in Cath's bedroom, when nervous (4,2,6)
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Kiss man touring Peru, reluctantly engaged (5,2)
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Expected trouble arose between fellow and wife (7)
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Occasionally heard in museum gallery (7)
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Sign of overconfidence from Surrey opener with tail (7)
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Sailors winning hearts (they're horny) (5)
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Knives are out for such dishonest practices (9)
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Those not wanting friends coming round put on EastEnders? (9)
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That is wrong about Japanese immigrants' child (5)
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Exciting but set to backfire? I make 80% being involved (7)
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Corresponding measure to keep criminal out (2,5)
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Help victim of trick, for crying out loud (7)
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Maybe Post Office really apologising (and Vennells) — from the start IT at fault (7)
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One responsible for crime wave at store (12)
Down
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Hotels round Dover maybe making a small contribution (7)
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In tears over dead squirrels etc (7)
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New job in the O2? Couldn't say (4,3,2)
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See females in America showing restraint (5)
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Spread around one-time resort (7)
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Something thrown from carriages safely picked up (7)
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Drama is rank at the start (7,5)
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Rowdy hermits — ridiculous! That's clever writing? (12)
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Spend the summer, when retired, sailing round the Virgin Islands with a lot of drink (9)
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Firm support for return of National Opera (7)
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Speakers bang to rights, so are locked up (7)
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Be too fussy in jail — it's punishment, principally (7)
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Stroll on terrace — setter's taken one earlier (7)
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Player ultimately both managed to beat (5)