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Prize 29320 - 2 March 2024 - set by Brummie for the Guardian
Across
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Smooth musician's 'Stranger on the Shore'? Certainly not (9)
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See 26
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Distinction of contemporary artist with cash but no power (8)
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Delicate newspaper worker let off (6)
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With leaders of Commons and Lords involved, cite bad language! (6)
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A lack of quiet song refrain in rock (8)
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Ball held by top class residence on the river? (6)
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Devote time to break useless caddie's resolve finally (8)
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Crusty thing, the poet, Holder (8)
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Turbulent water taking one day to fill pans (6)
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Truss passed water plant (8)
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Villain put away minister (6)
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If not overcast, going topless (6)
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Crude oil rep, Rex, one gone for a Burton? (8)
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Covering that's unusual for a loft (4,4)
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Go on, chuck final! (4-5)
Down
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River of soup – no hoax! (5)
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Far from content, at loose end? Open out (4,3,7)
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Headgear with fashionable insert, reversed flap (5)
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One attending emergency (small house on Mull) (9)
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Like K-9 in unstable orbit, circling round and around (7)
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Bound dictionary includes 'book with a gilt refinement' (9)
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In fact, oil production is legendary (9)
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Crossing a line in pursuit of farceur (9)
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Criminal goes to bed unusually on time? It's not worth pursuing (3,4)
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Odd, irregular stone's fair feature (7)
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Meaning to climb up, right and left (7)
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Award I had for Matchmaker role (5)
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Effective power of the disheartened and the deranged (5)