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Prize 29691 - 10 May 2025 - set by Brendan for the Guardian
Across
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Landing-place for rescue craft with full complement of mates (6)
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Empty small container into large container (6)
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Have deep understanding of female leading most of party in house (6)
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I’m eating frantically? Deliberately slow down (4,4)
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Watch that is found in car (4)
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Steps taken by royalty and a bishop in quitting protests (10)
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Return writing including my revised article showing result of reflection (11)
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Exercise for troops, English, in month after Waterloo (5-5)
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Dance outfit with identical halves, though not 13 (4)
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Body tissues doctor turned over put in layers (8)
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Animal in our original environment, area with reduced temperature (6)
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Unhappy indication of nervousness about fundraiser (6)
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Other instruments replacing sitars (6)
Down
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In country dance, become friendlier with a writer’s partner (8)
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Who may put out pile of fodder? (6)
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Served up repeatedly one kind of meat or fish (4-4)
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Personal decoration in military display (6)
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Loss of control in vehicle covered by motoring organization (6)
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A motto represented in bright shade of red (6)
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Seeking all-round balance, I rig a neat arrangement around a line (11)
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Four thousand and three articles I recollected? Good heavens! (5,3)
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Robotic workforce which singularly includes 7 (8)
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Fail to include covering time after time for bird (6)
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A measure of power – nothing upset capital (6)
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Kind of radio to evaluate, roughly speaking (3-3)
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Fruit a couple of Romans found in this state (6)