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Quiptic 1092 - 19 October 2020 - set by Hectence for the Guardian
Across
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Stay with boy to include day in France (7)
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Cheer try before catch is reviewed (7)
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Next in line for gold on back of victory (9)
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Papa's in error ignoring wife's point (5)
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Slow to get moving having left street map back in city (4)
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Search mountains for somewhere to practise shooting (5,5)
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Way of working in ink transformed old robe (6)
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Commanding officer taking short nap after lunch is most comfortable (7)
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Trendy lawyer's to sum up (2,5)
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Quiet religious house reportedly in poor condition (6)
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Fouls aplenty and fight lead to sin bin (7,3)
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Nudge sheep's behind with stick (4)
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Article in news strangely peters out (5)
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Instinctively ring home about spasmodic heart beat (2,7)
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Rest of soldiers given uniform in camp (7)
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Notices doctor returning without drug and is furious (4,3)
Down
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Fibre for rope mats is a leaf extract (5)
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Chum regularly improvised music outside with me in hot tub (7)
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Second-hand American edition (4)
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Issue over family with poorly disposed money's not a problem for me (2,4,3,2,4)
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Tales of woe when fortune's dividing solid Conservatives (4-4,7)
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Normally a second inspection secures uranium (2,3,5)
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Thrash lightweight after first of two rounds (7)
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Choose to adopt girl after partner's lack of care (7)
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Met friends having liaised to come out after football's first half (10)
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At home, might be running things (2,5)
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Crazy colourful scarves daughter's chucked out (7)
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Criminal in trouble, run in by US city's Republican leader (7)
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Fear old man's about to be imprisoned (5)
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Some of Veronese's paintings mounted in east end of church (4)