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Harp playing adopted by one daughter, left by herself? (8) | left by herself? | 3.0 | end | ORPHANED | 3.0end |
What strains company taking on moon explorer (8) | What strains | 2.0 | start | COLANDER | 2.0start |
Negotiator, during legal sessions, beginning to edit record (12) | Negotiator | 1.0 | start | INTERMEDIARY | 1.0start |
Devious trap-door hides head of hairy spider, say (9) | spider, say | 2.0 | end | ARTHROPOD | 2.0end |
Son and relations hide (4) | hide | 1.0 | end | SKIN | 1.0end |
Fine arresting extremes of opulent love poem (6) | love poem | 2.0 | end | EROTIC | 2.0end |
One demonstrating fashion line? (5) | One demonstrating | 2.0 | start | MODEL | 2.0start |
Animal in a cell — a second has been regularly raised (6) | Animal in a cell | 4.0 | start | AMOEBA | 4.0start |
Male that is eating corn, say, gets a headache (8) | a headache | 2.0 | end | MIGRAINE | 2.0end |
Broadcast facts that are a Cockney journalist’s own (11) | own | 1.0 | end | ACKNOWLEDGE | 1.0end |
Left Western Europe for part of West Africa (7) | art of West Africa | 4.0 | end | LIBERIA | 4.0end |
Choose ends like every captain, toss at first (5) | Choose | 1.0 | start | ELECT | 1.0start |
City haunt making delicious pastry? (6) | delicious pastry | 2.0 | middle | ECLAIR | 2.0middle |
Frank's good poker hand (8) | Frank/good poker hand | 3.0 | middle | STRAIGHT | 3.0middle |
Item subject to inflation following a crash | Item subject to inflation following a crash | 7.0 | start | AIRBAG | 7.0start |
Mock appeal for peace by dreamers in the centre (4) | Mock | 1.0 | start | SHAM | 1.0start |
One dealing with gender-fluid performer (10) | One dealing | 2.0 | start | TRANSACTOR | 2.0start |
Quite awful Los Angeles drink (7) | drink | 1.0 | end | TEQUILA | 1.0end |
Extremely docile, weepy, moist (4) | moist | 1.0 | end | DEWY | 1.0end |
Pa and I had curious elegy from Edmund on the death of a daughter (9) | elegy from Edmund on the death of a daughter | 9.0 | end | DAPHNAIDA | 9.0end |
Enjoys hot cooked meat dish (4) | cooked meat dish | 3.0 | end | HASH | 3.0end |
Grass skirts from Burma, low around back initially (6) | Grass | 1.0 | start | BAMBOO | 1.0start |
Spellbound? That’s right and appropriate (4) | Spellbound | 1.0 | start | RAPT | 1.0start |
Obscure appeal by maiden (4) | Obscure | 1.0 | start | MASK | 1.0start |
With sensitive information, European Community in bizarre protest (3-6) | With sensitive information | 3.0 | start | TOP-SECRET | 3.0start |
A pole proclaims my job in saloon, say, at capital’s west side (6) | A pole proclaims my job | 5.0 | start | BARBER | 5.0start |
American men and nations in turmoil (10) | American | 1.0 | start | MINNESOTAN | 1.0start |
Blocking the rejection of hot stuff, I am useful (5) | am useful | 2.0 | end | AVAIL | 2.0end |
Richly adorned Eastern believer eclipsed by lovely daughter (10) | Richly adorned | 2.0 | start | BEJEWELLED | 2.0start |
Squash, say, not right with a particular cheese (5) | particular cheese | 2.0 | end | GOUDA | 2.0end |
Doctor going by boat in capital (6) | capital | 1.0 | end | MOSCOW | 1.0end |
Plant in medium Yorkshire town mostly not that great ultimately (4,7) | Plant | 1.0 | start | MILK THISTLE | 1.0start |
Worker interrupting start of this odd outburst (7) | outburst | 1.0 | end | TANTRUM | 1.0end |
Reject most of panel in Lincoln (6) | Reject | 1.0 | start | ABJURE | 1.0start |
Ball girl chosen for final footie match (10) | null | 1.0 | middle | CINDERELLA | 1.0middle |
Most demanding strain on one entering exam (9) | Most demanding | 2.0 | start | TRICKIEST | 2.0start |
Directly opposed: in general, opening up (5) | Directly opposed | 2.0 | start | POLAR | 2.0start |
Attempting to find oneself online fun: e-gigs or raves (3-7) | Attempting to find oneself online | 5.0 | start | EGO | 5.0start |
US investigator with mobile for underground worker (7) | null | 1.0 | middle | FROGMAN | 1.0middle |
Singers of music, keeping time | Singers | 1.0 | start | BLUEBIRDS | 1.0start |
One has Bond smashing luge into pieces (9) | One has Bond | 3.0 | start | SUPERGLUE | 3.0start |
Judge on Charlie's case (5) | case | 1.0 | end | CRATE | 1.0end |
Conceited, sticks around (4) | Conceited | 1.0 | start | SMUG | 1.0start |
Unfashionable job in faraway place (7) | faraway place | 2.0 | end | OUTPOST | 2.0end |
Poseur writing about pretentious rubbish (6-5) | Poseur | 1.0 | start | SMARTY-PANTS | 1.0start |
Bottle for Brecht's mother (7) | Bottle/Brecht's mother | 2.0 | middle | COURAGE | 2.0middle |
Rash, heartless and hollow (6) | hollow | 1.0 | end | RECESS | 1.0end |
Insulting term directed against bishop in paper | Insulting term | 2.0 | start | RATBAG | 2.0start |
Harsh year, marked by pollution (5) | marked by pollution | 3.0 | end | GRIMY | 3.0end |
Person in surgery admitting green look (5) | look | 1.0 | end | DECOR | 1.0end |
Fall apart, having cold and noise in stomach? (7) | Fall apart | 2.0 | start | CRUMBLE | 2.0start |
Pawn that queen needs to move? (4-3) | Pawn | 1.0 | start | CATS | 1.0start |
Female taking leave in sort of cordial working arrangement (9) | working arrangement | 2.0 | end | FLEXITIME | 2.0end |
Doctor frees police up (8) | police up | 2.0 | end | MOUNTIES | 2.0end |
Daughter has got these last ten clues! (5) | these last ten clues | 4.0 | middle | DOWNS | 4.0middle |
Last Shakespearean character (6) | Last/Shakespearean character | 2.0 | middle | BOTTOM | 2.0middle |
Not entirely light batter (3) | batter | 1.0 | end | LAM | 1.0end |
What ensures voting success? Manipulating voting age! (7,8) | What ensures voting success | 4.0 | start | WORKING MAJORITY | 4.0start |
Husband to Mathilde perhaps housing old south sea islander (5) | south sea islander | 3.0 | end | MAORI | 3.0end |
Replace some coins (6) | Replace/some coins | 2.0 | middle | CHANGE | 2.0middle |
Promotion of article supporting ancient city in EU country (11) | Promotion | 1.0 | start | FURTHERANCE | 1.0start |
Cry that is about to reverberate endlessly (7) | Cry | 1.0 | start | SCREECH | 1.0start |
Resigned from music group, one featuring in commercial (9) | Resigned from | 2.0 | start | ABANDONED | 2.0start |
Radio unit taking great pains to broadcast (9) | Radio unit | 2.0 | start | MEGAHERTZ | 2.0start |
Misdirect a soldier and there could be this (3,2,4,4) | Misdirect a soldier and there could be this | 8.0 | start | EGG ON ONES FACE | 8.0start |
Dire subscription service here could be seen as depravity (5, two words) | subscription service | 2.0 | middle | PAY TV | 2.0middle |
Kind of speech I state is maybe Marxist? (11) | maybe Marxist? | 2.0 | end | DIALECTICAL | 2.0end |
Egg on starter of chicken, he starts to eat ramen (5) | Egg on | 2.0 | start | CHEER | 2.0start |
Captain of boat has permits to travel (10) | Captain of boat | 3.0 | start | SHIPMASTER | 3.0start |
Borders crossing close to notable French city (5) | French city | 2.0 | end | REIMS | 2.0end |
Son nervous describing grasses (5) | describing grasses | 2.0 | end | SEDGY | 2.0end |
Outbuilding quietly removed from Greek battle site (4-2) | Outbuilding | 1.0 | start | LEAN-TO | 1.0start |
Rattle, say, very nearly storms out without a note (7) | Rattle, say | 2.0 | start | MAESTRO | 2.0start |
Our welcoming cricket club brings spring to mind (5) | spring to mind | 3.0 | end | OCCUR | 3.0end |
Turned, using saw to set about cedar, finally (7) | Turned | 1.0 | start | TRENDED | 1.0start |
What could be small member's helmet? (5) | helmet | 1.0 | middle | ARMET | 1.0middle |
Joggers do it right, in small measure (4) | Joggers do it | 3.0 | start | TROT | 3.0start |
Judge’s wine imbibed by molecular biologist briefly (6) | Judge | 1.0 | start | CRITIC | 1.0start |
Plant to burgeon around ocean, on reflection (9) | Plant | 1.0 | start | SPEEDWELL | 1.0start |
Ordinal with tenet that's controversial (9) | Ordinal | 1.0 | start | TWENTIETH | 1.0start |
Holds small book up containing Listener and unfinished Jumbo (4,4) | Holds | 1.0 | start | BEAR HUGS | 1.0start |
Isotonic solution chap brought into function (6) | Isotonic solution | 2.0 | start | SALINE | 2.0start |
Forward, notice, avoiding header (4) | Forward | 1.0 | start | LOCK | 1.0start |
You are stopping recovery in the countryside (7) | in the countryside | 3.0 | end | RURALLY | 3.0end |
Heard of spying when reaching the top (7) | reaching the top | 3.0 | end | PEAKING | 3.0end |
I live with cross mountain dweller | mountain dweller | 2.0 | end | IBEX | 2.0end |
Crabbit sort’s preferable twa-handed drinker with no breadth (8) | Crabbit sort’ | 2.0 | start | ETTERCAP | 2.0start |
Grope for board game (8) | Grope for/board game | 3.0 | middle | SCRABBLE | 3.0middle |
Indians echo line (6) | line | 1.0 | end | INCASE | 1.0end |
“Yes, I am competent” is answer to this? That's pleasing (7) | pleasing | 1.0 | end | AMIABLE | 1.0end |
Fashion workers enthralled by child’s flower (6-2-3) | flower | 1.0 | end | FORGET-ME-NOT | 1.0end |
Day rent fell? (7) | fell | 1.0 | middle | DRIPPED | 1.0middle |
Flatten incisive article perhaps taken out of newspaper (5,7) | article perhaps taken out of newspaper | 6.0 | end | PRESS CUTTING | 6.0end |
Homeless old lady sheltering in barrel (7) | Homeless | 1.0 | start | VAGRANT | 1.0start |
Sovereign holds good man to be lawbreaker (7) | lawbreaker | 1.0 | end | RUSTLER | 1.0end |
Essential element of old bomb soldiers sometimes guard (7,1) | Essential element | 2.0 | start | VITAMIN D | 2.0start |
Likely to go off with the least amount of a shock? (4-7) | Likely to go off with the least amount of a shock? | 11.0 | start | HAIR | 11.0start |
Nick overheard beginning to design strange instrument (5,4) | instrument | 1.0 | end | STEEL DRUM | 1.0end |
Democrat here is French and least likely to succeed? (7) | least likely to succeed? | 4.0 | end | DICIEST | 4.0end |
Prize given to Republican fund manager (9) | null | 1.0 | middle | TREASURER | 1.0middle |