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Stops minor that’s brought back drink (5,2)

Provide workers to others, a fine firm’s leader (7)

Beware entertaining Romeo’s desire (5)

Shoe part’s one in pack Helena ordered (5,4)

Great home, inspector having decorated outside (10) Called and spoke (4) Casually left inside nanny with cloth and a potty (12) Romance story’s trendy (12)

Gollum losing ring alongside lake becoming sad (4) Trader’s quiet with little time to keep in touch (10) Focus! Impressive starter not totally finished (9)

Divine images one sold fraudulently (5)

Pitcher starts to tip, hampering one moving vessel (7)

Excellent, fast to accept male’s complaint (7)

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Cheating of French clubs, couple from the south (6) A fellow taking in Australia going up river (6) Depot’s base redeployed to create crafts (10) Shelled open, container for nut (5) Refutations about Capone, maybe, intercepting gun parts (9)

Give son something to write with (4) Correspond after a fourth letter? OK (8)

Dupes men with no exception – female being superior (4,4)

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Cleaning from New Year’s Day to year’s end, it all gets scrubbed regularly (10)

Rich sort prepared to host English singer (9)

Split up following business meeting to cut tenancy cost (8) Processed crude oil becomes more murky (8)

Take no notice of some hangeron, giving up (6)

Name missing from gift organised in advance (6) Scavenger hunt’s beginning with the old rejected article (5) Beastly cry from yours truly: ‘That hurt!’ (4)