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Quick 17185 - 4 June 2025 - for the Guardian
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Louis minus pal (anag) – timid and fearful (13)
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Below this is worse than usual (3)
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Reprimanded (9)
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Sending of scam emails (8)
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Eye up (4)
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(Old) chap (6)
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River horses (6)
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Central London district, known for its nightlife (4)
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Every year in ancient Rome? (3,5)
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Get meaner (anag) – characteristic of yesmen (9)
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Plastic or metal contraceptive (inits) (3)
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Creative freedom – on Celtic piece (anag) (6,7)
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Make livelier (3,2)
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Extra cost of eating out? (7,6)
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Comic effect? (8)
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New York State capital (6)
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Fabric made with tie-dyed yarn (4)
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Brits get it in later life (3-3,7)
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Tragic effect? (7)
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Morally instructive (8)
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Old-fashioned light source (3,4)
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Tell (a secret) (6)
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Gnat-like creature (5)
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Stubbs or Strauss? (4)