CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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Unit of capacitance a long way off a desktop (5)
A skep gives one a singular form of urticaria (4)
Run one in and bring about total collapse (4)
Peter turned, once beheaded, but it was a sham (8) Takes advice from diplomat on a backstreet (8)
One’s promise that it will form part of the sentence (4) Openly showing feelings over mind set at odds with it (13) Sort of forward actor carries it on stage (4) Restrains corn, lots of which is scattered (8)
It counteracts poison, not a diet to be used for it (8) Cudgel found in the discarded rubbish (4) Thoroughly beat a fly when it’s around (4)
Give her my version of what seesaw does for Marjorie Daw
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Sweet source of energy will go, clues being misleading (7) An enthusiast of Colemar (3)
Force one back as leprosy sufferer turns up (5)
The kitchen cupboard may be of assistance to an actor (7) Hasten to remove venom initially from 5 Across (3) Parish minister taking six by motor (5)
Bent posture will cease if there’s nothing in it (5)
The first wetness of a lustrous diamond (5)
Relief in distress given by such court as finishes off (7) With a velvety pile it is almost sure vole can make it (7) Genuine about nitrogen affecting the kidneys (5) Being in want, what will XZ do to finish the alphabet? (5) So cold, one will cry right away (3)
Being expected, it should be paid now (3)