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Prize 29500 - 28 September 2024 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
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See 25
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Movement with paws on ground before pet rolls over (5-2)
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Fine catcall by tabby? (7-3)
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Cruciverbalist, old fellow you would punch? (4)
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True word-processing hazard I set? (3,8,5,9)
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Where business done in secret, a lot to renegotiate when confronted by wife (5,6)
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PM long gone, bliss (4)
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Free, going spare after evacuation (2,3,5)
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14,9,10, Johnny? (9,3,3,7)
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Glossy metal with it (5)
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Ultimately, snack good to fill hole – meaty one? (4,3)
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Runs – those putting on fifty? (7)
Down
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North American native, bear with me that’s powerful one (6)
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Egghead on very nice game show (6)
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Easy as B and C, but not A? (10)
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Term of endearment, like nothing? (5)
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Shelves for villains (9)
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See left, not right then (4)
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Mountain runner holds a book up on a European country (8)
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Going in minute? (8)
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Beaten up, black and blue, giant cut and bandaged (10)
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Over top of tower in square, awful gale rose (9)
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Fruit posset we prepared (8)
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Paper insert splashed headline (8)
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Figure requiring recuperation, finally is rallying? (6)
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Philosopher writing up body part I don’t understand? (5)
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All but Q to Z is over (4)