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finding fault | Discovering blunder and making complaint (7,5) |
parthian | Leave with greeting by an archer leaving? (8) |
odd fish | Unusual angle for a crank (3,4) |
rangefinder | I can tell how far it's managed, if altered in sex (11) |
cartoonist | Can opener isn't mislaid after a root around in drawer (10) |
grease gun | Gang reuse broken lubricator (6,3) |
presbyter | Church elder confused by Peter's introduction of ritual (9) |
dalmatia | When forced, admit harbouring man by a coastal strip of land (8) |
day school | Lad choosy about place of education (3,6) |
pomato | Pam too slack for graft (6) |
king | Stock sum of money that may well be checked (4) |
dukes | Noblemen put up for fights (5) |
groan | Nasty noise increased for listeners … (5) |
ghana | Puzzling arrangement with sheep leaving, heading north around hot country (5) |
stephen fry | Cat and dog, perhaps, upset by bird and fish, showing wit (7,3) |
erica | Heather, I call some of it (5) |
flexibly | Former lover gatecrashing party in smart clothes with an accommodating manner (8) |
deirdre | Queen preserved, in a way - turned into mythological heroine (7) |
readapted | Language used in theatre by Lawrence director tailored to fit again (9) |
charollais | Tea is served with bread and a hunk of meat (10) |
the classics | Latin and Greek races (3,8) |
brill | Belting main inhabitant (5) |
hitchin | Gettin' a lift in Hertfordshire (7) |
laps | Audible fault in circuitry (4) |
parsons | Standard disciples - or those specially called? (7) |
provision | It caters for dream ... (9) |
trunkful | Case load for a tree surgeon? (8) |
cartels | Shady rings of diffuse scarlet (7) |
la manche | Hit an old insurgent in the water off France (2,6) |
pumpkin | Seek information on family of fruit (7) |
army corps | Carry mops to refurbish military unit (4,5) |
do time | Experience prison function with back issue (2,4) |
pillager | Person stealing beer wants second drink (8) |
pro rata | Alternative offered in a part exchange is equitable (3,4) |
at a pinch | Put a valve in central heating as a last resort (2,1,5) |
seaward | Novel was read as boat goes out of port (7) |
essayed | Some colleges say education is tried (7) |
adults | Those in the majority (6) |
lordly | Not "Early" nor "County" but dignified! (6) |
ragged lady | Nigella coming from Lydd garage (6,4) |
boomslang | Succeed with jargon term for tree creeper? (9) |
tramp | Parking vehicle before a long walk (5) |
swagman | Matilda's bearer was nobbled by FBI agent (7) |
boroughs | Divisions used in local government or in branches (8) |
pledge | Vow made by page left on one side (6) |
damp squib | Discourage a bit of satire -- it's not impressive (4,5) |
inuit | Northerner's brief stay at a hotel in Paris? (5) |
elytra | Wings, see, with skill ascending (6) |
triangle | Shape of unloaded trailer, one thrown into fire (8) |
proclaim | Herald supporting petition (8) |
genista | Stage in development of a plant (7) |
begone | Ask a person to leave (6) |
full blast | Putting in every effort, drunk at party (4,5) |
the berlin wall | Hilbert working with all new element of long division (3,6,4) |
depute | Delegate gets stuck into British comic (6) |
worth abbey | Benedictine house fit to house such as Liszt (5,5) |
maenads | Female ravers send a man almost crazy (7) |
camshaft | Caught hams switching at the back for operating valves (8) |
field gun | Light cannon is area of interest to assassin (5,3) |
conger eel | Fish listen to one dance tune, then another (6,3) |
red sky | Heavenly sight delightful to shepherds (3,3) |
you said it | I entirely agree Daisy is wrong accepting French alternative gin's partner (3,4,2) |
incinerated | One caught entering square reprimanded, treated as trash? (11) |
greasy spoon | Yes, aprons go messy herein (6,5) |
chloasma | Central heating also aggravated old lady's skin condition (8) |
groundwork | Preparation requiring land and labour (10) |
arouse | Turn on a river, one that's great? (6) |
index fingers | Perhaps needs fixing with tip of laser pointers (5,7) |
station hand | Cowboy in Oz hit on a way to break resistance (7,4) |
perfecto | It may provide a smoke ring that's unequalled (8) |
pigtails | One girl's top in twisting plaits, making these? (8) |
virgin soil | Part of Atlantic's valuable reserve that's not yet exploited (6,4) |
isometric | Eroticism could be ascribed to muscle-building exercises (9) |
yoga | Immature adult - a Parisian lacking discipline (4) |
ogle | Eye Lego building (4) |
defused | Fed up with being exploited and rendered ineffective (7) |
eviction | Victoria in eastern Thailand charged group for expulsion (8) |
stabilises | Is a bit less liable to change (10) |
eelpout | Initially postmaster general goes back and forth for fish (7) |
malign | Many dress with ill intent (6) |
change of climate | Effect of global warming to conflict with a game he played (6,2,7) |
chimney | Emitter of smoke ring concealing name unknown (7) |
assume | Don Pasquale? Primarily fool taking title of respect (6) |
consigns | Party endorses transfers (8) |
hide out | No inner sanctuary? (4,3) |
respect | Particular admiration (7) |
cushion | Copper quietly taking charge of shock absorber (7) |
tigger | Row about a child's horse, a friend of Pooh (6) |
llamas | A small assortment of animals (6) |
paraplegic | Blame taken by feeble soldier about having immobilised lower section (10) |
emil | Erich Kästner's boy rejected fruit (4) |
extravert | Outgoing partygoer enters rude text (9) |
forgetful | Not recalling when ruffle got in a tangle (9) |
missives | Fails to pen four letters, maybe (8) |
makes | Forces join around a thousand in retreat (5) |
disclose | Reveal the girl's secret (8) |
afterglow | Bursting, flow with great warm feeling (9) |
feint | Feature of fencing's noisy collapse (5) |
blethered | Ran around to that place and chatted (9) |
holy see | No land said to be a location of religious significance (4,3) |