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Quiptic 969 - 11 June 2018 - set by Moley for the Guardian
Across
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Linguist said parrot had good luck (8)
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Give in over Christian fast (6)
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Smooth and put in order (4)
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Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunk (10)
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Deceased student unknown until recently (6)
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Perhaps let in car carrying instrument (8)
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I avoided DIY for awful family (7)
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Harass with live blockade (7)
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Farm gent made up piece (8)
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Crafty lad gets around Scotsman for a nut (6)
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Disagreeable Nana lets up by mistake (10)
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Set off in pinstripe (4)
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EU's lot managed to make a mess (6)
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Dispense with outfit uncle got terribly hot in (8)
Down
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A lone hermit (8)
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Use keyboard of a kind (4)
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Hairy fly buzzing round you, say, very loudly (6)
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New CIA list in emphatic kind of script (7)
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Copy book for period in game (8)
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Timeless style is first model for this artistic movement (10)
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Sun on knees, they say, causes symptom of a cold (6)
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Perhaps leaving set with missionary? (10)
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Peg to go on endlessly about each rule, initially for person who's juvenile (8)
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Shooting at the OK Corral? (8)
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Traumatised, with no idea about level (7)
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Organised party for Frenchman without any particular purpose (6)
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Daft tricks seen in cats playing (6)
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Decay after time to move moderately fast (4)