Across
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Garment with knitted top taken in by 5 down neighbour (3,5)
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Recovered well, sparkle’s back after a bug (6)
9
Attention-seeker in energetic lover, more sentimental (6)
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Exceptional currency (8)
11
Youth having organised most of trek, pony brought in? (9)
13
Wink is dodgy when confronted by judge (5)
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Ending in clink after venture backfiring, fill up again (6)
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5 down notable in ‘beastly couple’ as observed from the far right? (6)
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Capitalist and interventionist with company investing in gas (6)
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East 5 down town in Battle, we surmise (5)
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Ridicule can go either way, reportedly, for historical character (3,6)
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5 down event charging partner with freethinking power (8,5)
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European city where nothing left, heading for oblivion (6)
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Strangely repulsive, how 5 down town sounds to a minibeast? (6)
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That is written into draft I surprisingly endorsed (8)
Down
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Artist and musical activist needing no introduction? (3)
4
5 down party host, one preparing food for William the Conqueror? (6,4)
5
Identify relations somewhere in England (6)
7
Character cut, defeated, became boisterous (9)
8
5 down creation of money constant during plague (8,3)
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Bush’s offensive, ugly thing carrying on: delusion (3,2,6)
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Ford said TV broadcast the curse of his predecessor? (5,5)
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Commoner fit for sporting competition (3,6)
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He painted a weathercock or carousel, say? (6)
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5 author finding love in Don Juan (5)
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Support conclusion of government in state (4)
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Article buried in 5 down, that’s where the treasure is – 5 down ground! (3,4)