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Quiptic 1233 - 3 July 2023 - set by Hectence for the Guardian
Across
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Sign on after trouble with guest (7)
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Kylie play about Romeo and Juliet going ahead in fits and starts (7)
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Forbid check on leader of Opposition (4)
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Mostly benefit having friend in all but name (9)
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Child's poorly with cold (5)
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Existential dread's stopping German hoodlum (8)
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Some amateur theatre in retrospect is perfect (4)
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Set timer for joint (5)
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France 4, Spain 5 (4)
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Doctor lancing boil's ultimately rather old hat (8)
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Husband's in company with Irish singers (5)
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Stuck at home, Dad turned capricious without feminine presence (2,1,6)
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Give in, hiding large disappointment (4)
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Overthrowing of rule by monarch from another country (7)
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Loses girl over bet (7)
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I'm not sure penetrating this setter is simple (4)
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Never shaking temptation to drop physical training (2,2,4)
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Classical composer comes after the end of Rolling Stones (6)
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Series has moving scene with French that's inspired (8)
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King is in a bad mood receiving creeps (6)
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Ruse to use when short of space (4)
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Review knockout that's a surprise after fair punch (5,4)
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Freight vehicle set off (5)
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Spinning reel's catching very young fish (5)
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Conferences appear set up to include time getting gin-sozzled (8)
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Trip over loose boot in game (8)
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Endlessly Karl Benz invented, unrestrained by convention (6)
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Praise short quote describing wine (6)
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Look up papers first for sacred object (4)
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Working cemetery's last cross in stone (4)