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4 5 6 I call for a change of colour (5)

By harbouring the sick, make a name (5)

A game of wits (7)

It sounds wet (5) Figure a measure to be a sure success (5) Brightens up because of the benefits (5) Weaponry for our army, possibly (7)

Brief contributor to the latest edition (3)

Incline to be angular? (4) He didn’t rule the waves (6) A bighead, some new broom (5)

Lofty ladies can have them (6)

They’re apt to get knotted (4)

This way for the country! (3) Riding one can give you a sort of kick (7) Relating to the sound of coins rattling? (5) Assert for many a purpose (5)

Do fully, once again (5) Keen to laze around inside the house (7)

It may be of merit (5) Study a noted duet arrangement (5)

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Dirty little devil on the river (6)

Female deadlier than the male (6)

Tom may take a walk (3) Edifice rebuilt by Abe? (5) Great star, so how can he be 7

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16 18 19 21 22 an awful hack to many? (7) At Oxford, the Thames is doubled (4)

The case of a miniature (6) Takes excessive interest in redeveloping piers (5) Frenchman I leave to get Anglicised (5)

Alma’s mum? (5) Though varying in cut, is usually uniform (5) Thick scattering of seed around the end of the garden (5)

Such relief can bring a smile (5)

Singular garment, evidently floral (7)

One spent in Florida, perhaps? (6)

A key worker (6)