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| 1 | UNQUALIFIED | Incompetent, heartless bird in coordinated surroundings (11) |
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| QUAiL in UNIFIED, but is 'I' the heart of a quail? 'A' maybe, but not 'I' |
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| 9 | REGATTA | The boat race is about girl with Indian flour (7) |
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| RE G ATTA |
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| 10 | MORBID | Diseased peacekeepers left moribund revolution (6) |
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| MORIBunD* |
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| 11 | TWAIN | The pair of an American author? (5) |
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| DD |
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| In the US, I went to the East and West, but could not meet Twain |
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| 12 | CONTORT | Disfigure criminal for wrongdoing (7) |
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| CON TORT |
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| 15 | SKEP | Doubter's twitch removed by a beehive (4) |
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| SKEPtic |
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| 16 | LAUNDROMAT | Roman adult bewildered by washing facility (10) |
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| (ROMAN ADULT)* |
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| 18 | ELEMENTARY | Simple, according to Holmes (10) |
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| GK, DD |
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| 20 | OBOE | Tramp heads off enemy leader with instrument (4) |
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| hOBO E |
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| 23 | PASCHAL | Scientist overwhelms leading hater of Easter (7) |
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| PASCAL around H |
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| 24 | THEFT | Stealing the foot (5) |
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| THE FT, Wonder what would happen in the metric world. Themtr ? |
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| 26 | MINIMA | Self-confessed revolutionary dictator retreated to the lowest points (6) |
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| I'M < AMIN< Imagined Dada singing like C.Clay : I'm Aaaamin.... |
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| 27 | WAGONER | Driver of Indian car around the East (7) |
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| WAGON R around E |
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| 28 | LIBERTARIAN | Alien protects right of book-keeper, believes in free will (11) |
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| LIBRARIAN around ET, but inserted after splitting the rubber alien found in China. Not Ximenian. |
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| DOWN |
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| 2 | NOTING | Observing no sound? (6) |
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| ~NOTHING or NOThING? |
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| 3 | URAL | Of mountain range found within Tripura limits (4) |
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| Telescopic |
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| 4 | LAMPOONERS | Satirists make morons leap (10) |
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| (MORONS LEAP)* |
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| 5 | FERETORY | The fight began before the conservative shrine (8) |
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| F ERE TORY, New word for me. Knew only of OFFERTORY |
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| 6 | EPIGRAM | Quip initially exchanged by swine and Aries (7) |
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| E PIG RAM. A bacon-mutton sandwich? |
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| 7 | PROTESTER | Opponent for a guinea pig, say (9) |
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| PRO TESTER &lit |
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| 8 | AGNATE | Paternal auntie, uncentered, admits insect (6) |
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| A(UNTI+GNAT)E Somehow reminded me of Aunt Agatha |
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| 13 | MARTIAL ART | Karate, say, was formerly not extra-marital? (7,3) |
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| ex(TRA MARITAL)* |
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| 14 | ATTESTERS | Vouchers thrown at setters (9) |
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| (AT SETTERS)* |
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| 17 | REACTIVE | The imaginative, moved around, become responsive (8) |
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| CREATIVE* Reminded me of the oft-repeated reaction: "That was a dastardly act", being the only reaction offered |
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| 19 | ET ALIBI | In alien's clay heart, tibias and in other places (2,5) |
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| ET (cLAy tIBIas)* 'In other places' on double duty? |
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| 21 | BOEING | Plane maker living around the globe (6) |
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| BEING around O. If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going. Remembered my visit to their Everett plant. Boeing had converted a shipyard into an airplane factory. |
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| 22 | STIGMA | Spot master following driver at Top Gear (6) |
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| STIG MA |
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| 25 | EWER | Beer maker missing British pitcher (4) |
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| brEWER |
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