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Prize 28955 - 31 December 2022 - set by Philistine for the Guardian
Across
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The late tragic Jesse Owens? (7)
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Look to cover the centre of wound dressing (5)
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Real gold, 24 ct, I fancy (9)
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Hapless fellow finally dines: terribly posh establishments with awful working conditions (10)
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Unorthodox priest with job providing inspiration to dance (11)
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Secret family decree in advance (11)
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Call round (4)
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One egg and one roast cooked for starters (10)
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Unlikely relief at chancellor's contribution (3,6)
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Grumpy pirate's not quiet (5)
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Permission to take off uniform in misleading nice clue (7)
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Jews initially hate allowing skirts to be pulled back (7)
Down
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Eat for a laugh, as they say (6)
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Tickled by 14 for one in the current era (6)
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Nice small top slips — being embraced by one naked causes awkwardness (10)
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Show anger in a different way: he's a gent, sincere at heart (5,4,5)
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Perhaps it's a pain having to eat trout's head for starters (9)
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What's up with the Spanish setter's instruction? (4)
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Start of exercise with 10, repeated thus on right muscle (8)
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In finale, Johnny at last became monetised (8)
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Outlines school team playing pieces regularly (10)
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Sneering at origins of severe cases of rampant new flu variant (8)
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Way to test attractive and unusual scenario: men becoming mature! (8,9,7)
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Occasionally in the present, as well as in the past (3,3,4)
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Lauder mascara's top value (6)
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