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:clap::clap::clap: Very good! Homely phrases!
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7 Sophisticated Democrat and Virginia participate in dance medley (8) ADVANCED
9 Bulk of the main level has been abandoned (6)
10 Hollywood misinterprets owl’s intent (10) TINSELTOWN
11 One may pump this for exercise (4) IRON
12 Adult taking out a chromosome from the novice’s edible starchy root (4) TARO
13 Child ran amok in the American city (8) RICHLAND
16 Gadgets with flaws put behind revolutionary Ed (7)
18 Revered threesome attempt to capture heartless Eskimo (7)
20 Four students take me inside after training hurriedly (4-4)
21 Frown after missing the first pastry ingredient (4)
23 Fertilizer chemical provided by a bureaucrat (4)
24 Beautiful handwriting in article going into exercise by New Mexico vessel (10)
25 British car manufacturer’s big cat (6)
26 Trouble admitting anger at the Oriental moving in with the pastoral staves (8)
Down
1 Sad minister conceals one enjoying root access? (5)
2 Corrupt agencies haul tea for the old European trade group (9,6)
3 Northbound lawyer’s trip to the estuary borders abandoned at retreat (7)
4 Rule for the auditor in a thunderstorm (4)
5 Factors that may determine why dialects vary between classes in the same region (15)
6 Keen on covering sprocket with nickel for an identity-concealing person (9)
8 Sets out with the Pole for a ball with a musical instrument (5)
14 Mongrel’s dead skin is trimmed (3)
15 Drill and cutting tool brought up with catch inside (9)
17 Exchange component that may make everyone blind (3)
19 Devil’s kin, cold after treatment (3,4)
21 Put up total on return from a grassy plain (5)
22 Caught my black bird with an IC chip (5)
24 Balkan money found in a Brazilian city (4)
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7 Sophisticated Democrat and Virginia participate in dance medley (8) ADVANCED
9 Bulk of the main level has been abandoned (6)
10 Hollywood misinterprets owl’s intent (10) TINSELTOWN
11 One may pump this for exercise (4) IRON
12 Adult taking out a chromosome from the novice’s edible starchy root (4) TARO
13 Child ran amok in the American city (8) RICHLAND
16 Gadgets with flaws put behind revolutionary Ed (7)
18 Revered threesome attempt to capture heartless Eskimo (7)TRINITY
20 Four students take me inside after training hurriedly (4-4)PELL-MELL
21 Frown after missing the first pastry ingredient (4)
23 Fertilizer chemical provided by a bureaucrat (4)UREA
24 Beautiful handwriting in article going into exercise by New Mexico vessel (10)
25 British car manufacturer’s big cat (6)
26 Trouble admitting anger at the Oriental moving in with the pastoral staves (8)
Down
1 Sad minister conceals one enjoying root access? (5)
2 Corrupt agencies haul tea for the old European trade group (9,6)
3 Northbound lawyer’s trip to the estuary borders abandoned at retreat (7)
4 Rule for the auditor in a thunderstorm (4)
5 Factors that may determine why dialects vary between classes in the same region (15)
6 Keen on covering sprocket with nickel for an identity-concealing person (9)INCOGNITO
8 Sets out with the Pole for a ball with a musical instrument (5)CELLO
14 Mongrel’s dead skin is trimmed (3)
15 Drill and cutting tool brought up with catch inside (9)
17 Exchange component that may make everyone blind (3)
19 Devil’s kin, cold after treatment (3,4)
21 Put up total on return from a grassy plain (5)
22 Caught my black bird with an IC chip (5)
24 Balkan money found in a Brazilian city (4)
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7 Sophisticated Democrat and Virginia participate in dance medley (8) ADVANCED
9 Bulk of the main level has been abandoned (6)
10 Hollywood misinterprets owl’s intent (10) TINSELTOWN
11 One may pump this for exercise (4) IRON
12 Adult taking out a chromosome from the novice’s edible starchy root (4) TARO
13 Child ran amok in the American city (8) RICHLAND
16 Gadgets with flaws put behind revolutionary Ed (7)
18 Revered threesome attempt to capture heartless Eskimo (7)TRINITY
20 Four students take me inside after training hurriedly (4-4)PELL-MELL
21 Frown after missing the first pastry ingredient (4)
23 Fertilizer chemical provided by a bureaucrat (4)UREA
24 Beautiful handwriting in article going into exercise by New Mexico vessel (10)
25 British car manufacturer’s big cat (6) JAGUAR
26 Trouble admitting anger at the Oriental moving in with the pastoral staves (8)
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1 Sad minister conceals one enjoying root access? (5)
2 Corrupt agencies haul tea for the old European trade group (9,6) HANSEATIC GROUP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League
3 Northbound lawyer’s trip to the estuary borders abandoned at retreat (7)
4 Rule for the auditor in a thunderstorm (4)
5 Factors that may determine why dialects vary between classes in the same region (15)
6 Keen on covering sprocket with nickel for an identity-concealing person (9)INCOGNITO
8 Sets out with the Pole for a ball with a musical instrument (5)CELLO
14 Mongrel’s dead skin is trimmed (3) CUR
15 Drill and cutting tool brought up with catch inside (9)
17 Exchange component that may make everyone blind (3)
19 Devil’s kin, cold after treatment (3,4)
21 Put up total on return from a grassy plain (5)
22 Caught my black bird with an IC chip (5)
24 Balkan money found in a Brazilian city (4)
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7 Sophisticated Democrat and Virginia participate in dance medley (8) ADVANCED
9 Bulk of the main level has been abandoned (6)AMOUNT
10 Hollywood misinterprets owl’s intent (10) TINSELTOWN
11 One may pump this for exercise (4) IRON
12 Adult taking out a chromosome from the novice’s edible starchy root (4) TARO
13 Child ran amok in the American city (8) RICHLAND
16 Gadgets with flaws put behind revolutionary Ed (7)DEVICES
18 Revered threesome attempt to capture heartless Eskimo (7)TRINITY
20 Four students take me inside after training hurriedly (4-4)PELL-MELL
21 Frown after missing the first pastry ingredient (4)LOUR
23 Fertilizer chemical provided by a bureaucrat (4)UREA
24 Beautiful handwriting in article going into exercise by New Mexico vessel (10)PENMANSHIP
25 British car manufacturer’s big cat (6) JAGUAR
26 Trouble admitting anger at the Oriental moving in with the pastoral staves (8)CROSIERS
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1 Sad minister conceals one enjoying root access? (5)ADMIN
2 Corrupt agencies haul tea for the old European trade group (9,6) HANSEATIC GROUP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League
3 Northbound lawyer’s trip to the estuary borders abandoned at retreat (7)ADJOURN
4 Rule for the auditor in a thunderstorm (4)RAIN
5 Factors that may determine why dialects vary between classes in the same region (15)SOCIOLINGUISTIC
6 Keen on covering sprocket with nickel for an identity-concealing person (9)INCOGNITO
8 Sets out with the Pole for a ball with a musical instrument (5)CELLO
14 Mongrel’s dead skin is trimmed (3) CUR
15 Drill and cutting tool brought up with catch inside (9)REHEARSAL
17 Exchange component that may make everyone blind (3)EYE
19 Devil’s kin, cold after treatment (3,4)OLD NICK
21 Put up total on return from a grassy plain (5)LLANO
22 Caught my black bird with an IC chip (5)MICRO
24 Balkan money found in a Brazilian city (4)PARA
:clap::clap::clap: A toughie!
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1 Alien, one chased away by irate cosmetician with a soft leather shoe (8)
5 Quick movement to get the note back in place was arranged ahead of time (6)
9 Region inside shelter in, say, Turkey for the English (4,4)
10 Metal making microbe and the rest back out (6)
11 Mad clerk gifts lion as a Christmas present (8,6)
14 Forces that protect (5)
16 With stronger reason, capital barricades fort on island in Oregon (1,8)
17 Where one could go left or right, but not straight! (1-8) T JUNCTION
19 Counsel’s icon-based computer display goes missing at the ball (5)
20 Deftly examined formation of a social unit (8,6) EXTENDED FAMILY
23 Famished antelope from the east found between the gas lines (6)
24 Boomerang Ravi designed after leaving barge in capital port (8)
25 Tempest lets out the concealed grinding tool (6) PESTLE
26 Musical work by a lecturer on a Galilean moon (8)
Down
1 Bomb in the pit (4)
2 Vessel with brown wrapping paper for the auditor (5)
3 Sailed through protected French sea and got fined (7)
4 Seditious fact-finding evacuates Vellore’s outskirts (11)
6 Montreal is terrorised to some extent by a practical person (7)
7 Unsuccessful extra besieged by troubled nostril (9)
8 Twist following French word brought up with hesitation by a video game franchise (4,6)
12 Staircase climbing may be unnecessary if you want to reach this (6,5) GROUND FLOOR
13 Hips damaged after struggle with armour-bearing gun-toting seafarer (10) BATTLESHIP[/B]
15 Smart son goes down after the doctor and peacekeepers to get the support frameworks (9)
18 Principal’s abdominal vaccine initially replaced by a vitamin (7)
19 Revolutionary, drained after assimilating the letter, finds fault (7)
21 Lift the handle (5)
22 Cut and dried grass, insufficient, it is said, for the crown (4)
Even tougher ...
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1 Alien, one chased away by irate cosmetician with a soft leather shoe (8) MOCCASIN
5 Quick movement to get the note back in place was arranged ahead of time (6)
9 Region inside shelter in, say, Turkey for the English (4,4)
10 Metal making microbe and the rest back out (6)
11 Mad clerk gifts lion as a Christmas present (8,6) STOCKING FILLER
14 Forces that protect (5)
16 With stronger reason, capital barricades fort on island in Oregon (1,8) A FORTIORI
17 Where one could go left or right, but not straight! (1-8) T JUNCTION
19 Counsel’s icon-based computer display goes missing at the ball (5)
20 Deftly examined formation of a social unit (8,6) EXTENDED FAMILY
23 Famished antelope from the east found between the gas lines (6)
24 Boomerang Ravi designed after leaving barge in capital port (8)
25 Tempest lets out the concealed grinding tool (6) PESTLE
26 Musical work by a lecturer on a Galilean moon (8) ORATORIO
Down
1 Bomb in the pit (4)
2 Vessel with brown wrapping paper for the auditor (5)
3 Sailed through protected French sea and got fined (7)
4 Seditious fact-finding evacuates Vellore’s outskirts (11)
6 Montreal is terrorised to some extent by a practical person (7) REALIST
7 Unsuccessful extra besieged by troubled nostril (9)
8 Twist following French word brought up with hesitation by a video game franchise (4,6)
12 Staircase climbing may be unnecessary if you want to reach this (6,5) GROUND FLOOR
13 Hips damaged after struggle with armour-bearing gun-toting seafarer (10) BATTLESHIP[/B]
15 Smart son goes down after the doctor and peacekeepers to get the support frameworks (9)
18 Principal’s abdominal vaccine initially replaced by a vitamin (7)
19 Revolutionary, drained after assimilating the letter, finds fault (7)
21 Lift the handle (5)
22 Cut and dried grass, insufficient, it is said, for the crown (4)
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1 Alien, one chased away by irate cosmetician with a soft leather shoe (8) MOCCASIN
5 Quick movement to get the note back in place was arranged ahead of time (6)PRESET
9 Region inside shelter in, say, Turkey for the English (4,4)
10 Metal making microbe and the rest back out (6)BARIUM
11 Mad clerk gifts lion as a Christmas present (8,6) STOCKING FILLER
14 Forces that protect (5)ARMED
16 With stronger reason, capital barricades fort on island in Oregon (1,8) A FORTIORI
17 Where one could go left or right, but not straight! (1-8) T JUNCTION
19 Counsel’s icon-based computer display goes missing at the ball (5)
20 Deftly examined formation of a social unit (8,6) EXTENDED FAMILY
23 Famished antelope from the east found between the gas lines (6)HUNGRY
24 Boomerang Ravi designed after leaving barge in capital port (8)
25 Tempest lets out the concealed grinding tool (6) PESTLE
26 Musical work by a lecturer on a Galilean moon (8) ORATORIO
Down
1 Bomb in the pit (4)
2 Vessel with brown wrapping paper for the auditor (5)
3 Sailed through protected French sea and got fined (7)
4 Seditious fact-finding evacuates Vellore’s outskirts (11)
6 Montreal is terrorised to some extent by a practical person (7) REALIST
7 Unsuccessful extra besieged by troubled nostril (9)
8 Twist following French word brought up with hesitation by a video game franchise (4,6)
12 Staircase climbing may be unnecessary if you want to reach this (6,5) GROUND FLOOR
13 Hips damaged after struggle with armour-bearing gun-toting seafarer (10) BATTLESHIP
15 Smart son goes down after the doctor and peacekeepers to get the support frameworks (9)
18 Principal’s abdominal vaccine initially replaced by a vitamin (7)
19 Revolutionary, drained after assimilating the letter, finds fault (7)
21 Lift the handle (5)LEVER
22 Cut and dried grass, insufficient, it is said, for the crown (4)
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1 Alien, one chased away by irate cosmetician with a soft leather shoe (8) MOCCASIN
5 Quick movement to get the note back in place was arranged ahead of time (6)PRESET
9 Region inside shelter in, say, Turkey for the English (4,4)NEAR EAST
10 Metal making microbe and the rest back out (6)BARIUM
11 Mad clerk gifts lion as a Christmas present (8,6) STOCKING FILLER
14 Forces that protect (5)ARMED
16 With stronger reason, capital barricades fort on island in Oregon (1,8) A FORTIORI
17 Where one could go left or right, but not straight! (1-8) T JUNCTION
19 Counsel’s icon-based computer display goes missing at the ball (5)DANCE
20 Deftly examined formation of a social unit (8,6) EXTENDED FAMILY
23 Famished antelope from the east found between the gas lines (6)HUNGRY
24 Boomerang Ravi designed after leaving barge in capital port (8)MONROVIA
25 Tempest lets out the concealed grinding tool (6) PESTLE
26 Musical work by a lecturer on a Galilean moon (8) ORATORIO
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1 Bomb in the pit (4)MINE
2 Vessel with brown wrapping paper for the auditor (5)CRAFT
3 Sailed through protected French sea and got fined (7)AMERCED
4 Seditious fact-finding evacuates Vellore’s outskirts (11)INSTIGATIVE
6 Montreal is terrorised to some extent by a practical person (7) REALIST
7 Unsuccessful extra besieged by troubled nostril (9)STILLBORN
8 Twist following French word brought up with hesitation by a video game franchise (4,6)TOMB RAIDER
12 Staircase climbing may be unnecessary if you want to reach this (6,5) GROUND FLOOR
13 Hips damaged after struggle with armour-bearing gun-toting seafarer (10) BATTLESHIP
15 Smart son goes down after the doctor and peacekeepers to get the support frameworks (9)MOUNTINGS
18 Principal’s abdominal vaccine initially replaced by a vitamin (7)CENTRAL
19 Revolutionary, drained after assimilating the letter, finds fault (7)DEMERIT
21 Lift the handle (5)LEVER
22 Cut and dried grass, insufficient, it is said, for the crown (4)HALO
:clap::clap::clap: Yes, tougher today!
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1 Battleship RAF woman redesigned (3-2-3)
5 Unique description of switch saving energy (3-3)
10 Liven up after Sunday Mass (5)
11 A deejay might assume a haughty manner (3,2,4)
12 Tell a story about Dracula, say (7)RECOUNT
13 Dog mine? Nonsense (3,4)
14 Sloganeers, upset about circular letter, fly off the handle (4,4,3)
18 Pasta Hector prepared, a disaster (11)CATASTROPHE
21 Acknowledged everyone had debts (7)ALLOWED
23 A peculiar team game, recalled layman (7)
24 Pointer, a liability? To some extent, among other things (5,4)
25 King in game put back in deck (5)
26 Wake in a river, river passing through York (6)
27 Offensive individual (8)
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1 Another touring quite empty Indian city (6)
2 Sister outside a church in shade (6)
3 Passing remark? (6,4,5)
4 Eater - pips taken out to make starter (9)APPETISER
6 Throwing event is not ideal for a ballerina (7,2,6)
7 Notice your bait working? (8)
8 Strong wind getting up breaks safety device in body of aircraft (8)
9 Finish second and first (4)
15 One could look after the children if their parents are late (9)ORPHANAGE
16 Form of neuralgia may cause spasmodic twitching in Isaac, unfortunately (8)
17 Knife fight about it upset Labour’s leader (8)
19 From what is heard, Garden City is favourably placed (4,2)
20 Drive mostly right, then left (6)
22 This herb may make daughter poorly (4)