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Prize 29464 - 17 August 2024 - set by Brockwell for the Guardian
Across
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Able to control movement in Europe? (9)
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Type of poem in small volume (5)
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Meaning of clue missing start and finish (9)
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Vehicle opening for Paul Walker? (5)
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4 has time for whiskey in The Ship (6)
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World almost consumed in flood (8)
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Celebrity dropping E in planetarium? (7)
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Senior royal essentially admitting one’s out of touch, perhaps (7)
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State accepting unfinished Italian resort is deplorable (8)
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Price of golf covered by Daily Express leader (6)
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Great thing that could come before those going my way (5)
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Wild boars with tendency to get thirsty? (9)
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Person who fools party queen recently (5)
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Sick aunt to recover of course (9)
Down
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Briefly awkward situation with a bit of a looker (6)
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Person who exposes Kate’s error oddly upset (8)
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Angry diners getting more sarcastic (6)
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Granny is taken in by old-time Cockney merchant? (7)
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Jug possibly holding 3 flowers? (6)
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Tailor comes across as outspoken on terrace (8)
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Viewer’s complaint ends in references about Mary Whitehouse (4)
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Tutors prepared to admit Oxford University is far from straightforward (8)
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Sound from 11 piece contributing to calypso in Kingston (4)
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Actor delivered gloss for Spooner (4,4)
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Socialite family entertaining posh doctor (7)
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Soldiers without indication of fear become submissive (6)
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Half Man Half Biscuit leading us in refrain (6)
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8 ogling actress (4,2)