1 Wit who asked ‘Where’s the man could ease a heart like a satin gown?’ (7,6)
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Quick 16836 - 22 April 2024 - for the Guardian
Across
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Wit who asked ‘Where’s the man could ease a heart like a satin gown?’ (7,6)
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Moo-er meat (4)
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Distinctive monument (8)
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Bed banter (6,4)
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Skid-lid (6)
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Treeless Arctic biome (6)
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Broad sash (10)
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Battle – Abba hit (8)
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Rite (anag.) (4)
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Plantagenet claimant to the throne (7,2,4)
Down
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Biased – as a Mobius strip? (3-5)
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Animal’s waste parts (5)
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Jackass (4-3)
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‘Bear’ of mountainous China (5)
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Dish baked in small mould (7)
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Portuguese coin (4)
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Magnificence (8)
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Shakespearean mentioned by actors at their peril (7)
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Repetition of one or two notes, rapidly (7)
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Moral (anag.) (5)
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Sarnie (5)
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Wise kings (4)