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Prize 28979 - 28 January 2023 - set by Philistine for the Guardian
Across
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Looking for Eastern investment in capital once (7)
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Problem on the phone, call Austen character (7)
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Bedouin's domain, not one to be tampered with (5)
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Form features instant fights (4,5)
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Charged with disrupting first half of Ariana Grande performance (9)
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Radioactive element and/or manufactured gas (5)
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Off the cuff in 9 6 (2-3)
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Strange times covered by great work of knowledge (9)
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Fish scales and water? (4,5)
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Went out, being old (5)
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Dance and drink with graduate (5)
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Window covers dope in out-of-sight location (5,4)
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Plants start to bloom in joy (9)
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Love for one European river or another (5)
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Reformed sex cheat to admit Philistine employs repeated pretexts (3,4,7)
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See 27
Down
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Old continent pagan converted by Hare Krishna at last (7)
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Hugo's character is damsel in distress about period (9)
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Primate is a bit of a gin drinker (5)
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Pioneering book to throw big blue net around queen and country (9,5)
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Gambled in pieces (5)
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Blair regularly criticised for what he and Bush allegedly did to Iraq (9)
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Trash poem using them? (5,9)
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As organised resistance set letters out (7)
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Beat supervisor with an egg? More than one! (5,4)
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This month I get a flying start (9)
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Excessive number of waves? Tie up! (7)
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This red revolution is not decisive (7)
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Structure ultimately supporting crooked palm tree (5)
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Like some columns in a Scottish language (5)