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Quiptic 1163 - 28 February 2022 - set by Matilda for the Guardian
Across
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Good place to leave a boat in Alaska? (9)
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Herb mixture contains a treatment for addiction (5)
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Some poorly crafted material (5)
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Surprising success for nightmare? (4,5)
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From the air, glass oddly is a chemical weapon (4,3)
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Each class function (7)
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Pub diet for slimmers? (5)
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Flabby adipose tissue, primarily (3)
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Old jail bird, not quite silver (5)
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Meet, for example, to cover the international science fiction premieres (7)
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As canaries missing a cuckoo (7)
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Suspect image of Matilda with one wearing knitted pattern (9)
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Rock band's joint (5)
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Ask softly, then take charge (5)
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Itinerant composer appearing in Albert Hall performance, popular at last (9)
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Far-fetched accounts and short stories? On the contrary (4,5)
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Each cat essentially spies a tree (6)
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See Senegal's rebuilt city (3,7)
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Troubled sleep is over for bears (6)
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Shabby mandate, mostly mine (8)
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Principal in hospital after car crash (4)
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Fancy Chelsea tractor leaving street to get fuel (8)
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Honour to receive Oscar for musical instrument (4)
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Recorded missing the start of first degree, being disorganised (10)
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Say Abracadabra please? (5,4)
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They reflect as lion, say, moans audibly (4-4)
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What one might do on a windy day to test opinion (3,1,4)
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Like arty composition getting lost (6)
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Unable to disperse large cloud (6)
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Initially important guessing game (1-3)
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Rising water regularly this deep (4)
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