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statutory | Coach has to remain outside as required by the law (9) |
stave | Two ways to make musical lines (5) |
excerpt | It's only a tiny bit of work (7) |
encode | Create a secret passage (6) |
plotter | Snooker player protects sinister conspirator (7) |
bicycle oil | Spooner's call for unlikely defrosting - it's needed to ease transportation (7,3) |
hortensio | Hector is no other Shakespearean character (9) |
a fitting tribute | "There was no better bespoke tailor" (1,7,7) |
growling | Threatening noise, initially loud, increasing in volume outside (8) |
whir | Buzzing used to be on the radio (4) |
proposed | Sit within dig, as suggested (8) |
sleepier | Fish turn up at seaside structure: more ready to drop off? (8) |
impacts | One member takes part in strikes (7) |
setts | What I do on backstreet cobbles (5) |
key phrases | Opening words? (3,7) |
jamaica rum | Did you force that woman in jest to have peculiar drink? (7,3) |
star trap | Stage device returning characters without skill (4,4) |
clapperboard | One who applauds directors may be employed in film-making (12) |
bestow on | Present with most suitable ring, having successfully courted (6,2) |
tubigrip | Bandage one has to clench after bath (8) |
spelt | Hide behind first of shredded wheat (5) |
goldeneye | Look after yellow bird (9) |
reading matter | Such as the Guardian making southern English town assume importance (7,6) |
landofnod | The first murderer slept here? (9) |
simony | Crime is up when you get cash without energy (6) |
toulouse | French city not heard to win (8) |
exacting | Difficult partner no longer playing (8) |
doyennes | Poet's penning mock archaic article showing women on top (8) |
thomas cromwell | Essex man of most charm - fellow lost his head, unfortunately (6,8) |
spun | Paper bags quietly turned around (4) |
blue jay | Bird with Chelsea player? John initially? (4,3) |
land yacht | Country craft means of moving over sands (4,5) |
abstinence | A habit that will keep one dry (10) |
tommy | Gun or rot can finish soldier (5) |
forestall | Anticipate Ashdown, perhaps with everything (9) |
moulted | Shed feathers from the wings being covered in mildew (7) |
diplomatic corps | National reps adjusted cost price (reduced) on charter (10,5) |
richmond | Wealthy Scotsman died, providing capital for state (8) |
downing street | David starting to take possession on his way to his office? (7,6) |
dreadful night | Couldn't one sleep a wink in the poet Thomson's city? (8,5) |
harmonies | Hotel hosts old and new boring music (9) |
catch it | Be punished with punishment note (5,2) |
shrugged | Shut up, Rocky appeared to be indifferent (8) |
blackboard | A drab block specially built for teachers' use (10) |
accept | Grant is held up by student peccadilloes (6) |
flexibly | Supply cable possibly halved (8) |
transparent | Obvious replacement for Ant's partner (11) |
cat flap | Tom may leave at this point, as Queen makes an entrance (3,4) |
net profit | Eventual return of online expert in good health (3,6) |
dark tan | What overzealous sun worshipper gets in the shade (4,3) |
agreeable | Willing? That's nice (9) |
sprinkle | Spray knocks antelope back after short jump (8) |
bosun | Hairstyle covers very retro crew member (5) |
nation | The country's not in a mess! (6) |
palmate | Like some leaves having two buds? (7) |
sort out | Deal with vexed solicitor on the phone (4,3) |
elusive | European charged outside America is difficult to catch (7) |
the war | Hot water swirling round? Don't mention it! (3,3) |
regicidal | Murderous soldier detectives caught in old Spanish capital (9) |
tipsters | They help gamblers and prostitutes missing out having a flutter (8) |
croaky | Husky gets to bark around tree (6) |
records | Vinyl binders seen after Queen retrospective (7) |
eryngo | English drummer's sound produces sea holly (6) |
dive in | Cinema of a sort not showing Rambo originally, go for it! (4,2) |
cripple | He's game (7) |
procrastinate | Drag one's feet on stair carpet that's laid out (13) |
beebread | Auntie studied what workers feed their youngsters (8) |
nanometre | Men atone finally for wrong … in small measure (9) |
pedigrees | Gymnastic qualifications reported lines of class evolution (9) |
pygmalion | Mythological sculptor producing a sign after less than minute (9) |
raid | Sally is girl needing a head transplant (4) |
morocco | Louis Quinze style, missing nothing on way of working leather (7) |
assamese | A small cat, not one from an Indian state (8) |
diabolical | Very shocking alibi needing a cold reappraisal (10) |
premisses | Propositions for where they say one can't smoke (9) |
ginger group | The Red-headed League? It presses for stronger action (6,5) |
lapland | Boy holds map of part of Europe (7) |
eagle eye | Sweetheart's a joy - short but a really good looker (5,3) |
yes buts | Qualified agreements to rework endless subsystem (3,4) |
toothpicks | They remove unwanted bits as well with most of the selections (10) |
stumm | Not talking German must upset Monsieur (5) |
stand up to | Resist entertainer, turning our heads (5,2,2) |
aider | Girl calling for someone to help (5) |
flowerpot | Leading soldiers bolt back with piece of earthenware (9) |
duma | A slander's overthrown foreign parliament (4) |
average week | Normal hours worked in the meantime (7,4) |
grill rooms | Persistently queries limiting space for eating places (5,5) |
stiffs | Science fiction attacks turning up dead bodies (6) |
tremor | Quake in Turkey - capital taken aback (6) |
editing | Paper work I'd get in order (7) |
casual jobs | Temporary employment for patient fellow in leisure wear (6,4) |
tomfoolery | Pudding in book really hollow nonsense (10) |
callas | Diva cries about article (6) |
futility | Pointlessness of fuse? (8) |
roger bacon | Philosophical scientist understood graduate's trick (5,5) |
enthusiasm | One doesn't much care to be without it (10) |
cravat | Tax imposed on car repairs and neckwear (6) |
pectines | Almost inspected mixed scallops (8) |
strongman | Doctor rants on about contentious type of food for weightlifter (9) |
masseuse | Earl in indiscriminate application of rubber (8) |