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Quick 16956 - 9 September 2024 - for the Guardian
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Lay waste to (6)
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Climb (6)
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Welsh entertainer after whom songwriting awards are named (7)
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Boot out (5)
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W in geometry (5)
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Opponent of new technology (7)
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Financial incentive offered to a new employee (6,5)
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Virginia Woolf work – Florida resort (7)
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Rise up (5)
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Resentment (5)
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French painter inspired by Tahiti (7)
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Smart (of clothes) (6)
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Interfere (6)
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Fame (6)
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Having striking colours (5)
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Arthurian knight (7)
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Spirited or swift horse (5)
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OT prophet whose vision in the Valley of Dry Bones inspired the song Dem Bones (7)
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Shilly-shally (6)
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Nightspot and setting for a Baz Luhrmann film (6,5)
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Indirect – slanting (7)
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During a journey (2,5)
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Sluggish – drop it (anag.) (6)
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Fair-haired (6)
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Accompaniment for tatties and haggis (5)
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Tethered (5)