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Prize 28721 - 2 April 2022 - set by Brendan for the Guardian
Across
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Fear, being tone-deaf etc, some instruments or others (6)
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Discovered a bit of corn planted in line, not cut (6)
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Particular kinds of speech — ear got some, but only some (6)
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A point going in one (non-English) ear's garbled, inadvertently (8)
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At this point, use your ears, by the sound of it (4)
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Finished in a triple time tempo, finally dealt with (8,2)
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Entering and leaving canals? Not 12 or 24 (2,3,3,3,3,3,5)
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Uses what's between ears, has fun with left to right shift (10)
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Visibly less happy lacking attention — hence row (4)
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Note echoed later, splitting ears in disturbed city (8)
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End of list that guy had permanently fixed in memory, metaphorically (6)
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Lacking lead, the editors considered (6)
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Note from one kind of singer heard (6)
Down
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Like Van Gogh, for instance — messed up, with one ear (8)
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Attentive female occupying stage is happy (6)
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Servant who doesn't let things go 13 8? (8)
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Know how to put in anagram of ear in cryptic (6)
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Composed, having prepared in advance without hearing organ (6)
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Hear about breakfast or lunch, or possibly tea? It's a deal (6)
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Recounts how ears could be disturbed with rant (8)
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Becoming aware of, in a form of cognition, once nothing's omitted (8)
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Comb what protrudes from head in school (6)
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That woman's rising musical ability makes us listen again (6)
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One that hears about eg Joan of Arc in French festival (6)
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Piece from austere orchestra in enhanced sound system (6)