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1 Too great a number? (5)
6 Suggests one strikes out the first piece of news (5)
9 Used one’s teeth on the bit in the mouth (7)
10 Break one’s duck with a cut stroke? (5)
11 Scene of siege in two states (5)
12 Too unwell to dress smartly? (5)
13 Bald old eccentric! (7)
15 Cut across the meadow, perhaps (3)
17 Only one in the Lake District? (4)
18 Food; alas, spilt on the road (6)
19 Lighten a dismal end with a song (5)
20 Seriously dirty going round the corner (6)
22 Could be a bit of help for an old wreck! (4)
24 Ian’s own? (3)
25 Seen to turn red when disparaged (7)
26 Be in trouble for changing the topic (3, 2)
27 Might the last one go to your head? (5)
28 Craig shrouded in smoke (5)
29 Possibly clear about it being a performance (7)
30 Chap out of line given a hot time (5)
31 Steer erratically, crashing into trees, in short (5)
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1 Play (5)
6 Conceit (5)
9 Shakespeare play (7)
10 Extra (5)
11 Sheep-like (5)
12 Ski-slope (5)
13 Held (7)
15 Moist (3)
17 Serpents (4)
18 Lust (6)
19 Detested (5)
20 Keyless (6)
22 Vegetables (4)
24 Can (3)
25 Anger (7)
26 Gestures (5)
27 Greek dish (5)
28 Sedate (5)
29 Tent support (3, 4)
30 Thing of value (5)
31 Weapon-bearing (5)
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2 Fall back in unprecedented fashion (6)
3 Writer who, in some extremes, uses a crib (6)
4 But of a smasher, that girl? (3)
5 Drive one politician to the heart of hell! (5)
6 Breaking away, he’d make progress (7)
7 Lazily but less than stupidly (4)
8 One beaten up twice in tests? (3-3)
12 A silly spelling, on the quiet? (5)
13 Finish of a love game, perhaps? (5)
14 Run away (5)
15 Lordly home, possibly Roman (5)
16 Cleaned up a letter in wide distribution (5)
18 One extremely good at shifting a stain? (5)
19 Granted one has $50 due (7)
21 One of the mob (6)
22 If you were to do this to me, I’d feel shaken! (6)
23 Race venue Mansell could almost have designed? (6)
25 Don’t stand out when there’s a strike (3-2)
26 You may choose to note the vehicle here (4)
28 Sly woman wither own kind of walk? (3)
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2 Drives back (6)
3 Swamp (6)
4 Devoured (3)
5 Disgusting (5)
6 Schemed (7)
7 Wander (4)
8 Peril (6)
12 Flower part (5)
13 Unit of gem weight (5)
14 Pinafore (5)
15 Broaden (5)
16 Anxious (5)
18 College heads (5)
19 Fish (7)
21 Felines (6)
22 Annoy (6)
23 Hope (6)
25 Sluggish (5)
26 Wise man (4)
28 Resort (3)
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ACROSS: 3, Close 8, Col.-ic 10, Ta-s-te 11, R-an 12, Sag-E-S 13, Backs up 15, Venus 18, Gib 19, Re-late 21, Fiction 22, W-H-en 23, Reno 24, SE-dated 26, Grocer 29, Nap 31, Sonic 32, Scr-E-ams 34, Defoe 35, A-I’m 36, Og-led 37, St.-ray 38, Refer
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ACROSS: 3, Crypt 8, Fatal 10, Legal 11, Pig 12, Milan 13, Capital 15, Noted 18, Cut 19, Deride 21, Cabinet 22, Opal 23, Seat 24, Decided 26, Mature 29, Mat 31, Scene 32, Tantrum 34, Canal 35, Log 36, Recur 37, Debut 38, Tyres
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DOWN: 1, Co-R-al 2, Pink gin 4, Leap 5, St-even 6, Ease-l 7, St-out 9, Lac 12, Subtler 14, Sic(-k) 16, Named 17, Set on 19, Romance 20, Twigs 21, Felon 23, Repeats 24, Se-CED-e 25, Tar 27, Rough 28, CID-er 30, Amman 32, Sore 33, Air
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DOWN: 1, Japan 2, Magical 4, Rail 5, Planet 6, Tenor 7, Dated 9, Tip 12, Matinee 14, Tub 16, Tired 17, Delta 19, Decimal 20, Forms 21, Caste 23, Settler 24, Dreary 25, Dan 27, Acted 28, Uncut 30, Fugue 32, Tale 33, Rob
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