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1 Salad with bits of chicken and even some anchovy relish (6) 4 One Hector sad about his last eloquent speech (8) 9 Grown-up maiden giving way to knight in essence (6) 10 What’s left around boozer in a state (8) 12 Regularly unteach source of Mormon doctrine (4) 13 What can clot see in a person? (5) 14 Discolouration from sun on vehicle (4) 17,29 See steamroller do a load working every highway? It heads for city... (3,5,4,2,4) 20 ...highway in Italy, a very quiet one and another one in the West? Yes (3,6,3) 23 Encourager of love sore when knocked back (4) 24 Column’s style for less loud one in Washington (5) 25 Sounds to be against money up front (4) 28 Medic with three As abandoned scholarly life (8) 29 See 17 30 See men play covering core of able music group (8) 31 Good time and endless blast can grow on you (6)
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1 Sour clan failing on diplomatic quality (8) 2 Liver etc involves being probed by augur ultimately (8) 3 One land measurement about roughly another (4) 5 Copier highly modified for Egyptian character (12) 6 Lectured by sound of it being tight (4) 7 Slicer chopped remains (6) 8 Great speaker as company eats sorbet by end of dinner (6) 11 Pleased one a Tory mostly and one a Liberal having fierce contest? (12) 15 E. Europeans in uprising crush toga-wearers (5) 16 Online cash system loses unknown amount belonging to Francis? (5) 18 Modelled sans gown for last appearance (4,4) 19 Revealed by jumpy René, escape route from France to neutral country (8) 21 Senior politicians understand about nation? Not half (6) 22 Mother’s enthralled by Ron’s and Paul’s letter (6) 26 Brewer Mr Smith wears English type of bowler (4) 27 Vegan food flyer from unknown source picked up under bottom of mat (4)