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4 In port, one can get stoned (6) 7 Turn up again to harvest the fruit (8) 8 Go all out for Clapham central (on a horse) (6) 10 A little street nearby (5) 13 Like the tale of the ten foot man? (4) 14 Rubbish may be shot here (4) 15 Translate into Italian! (4) 16 Work at one’s trade in laminated wood (3) 17 In the highest position among tomato purees (4) 19 Stick a sovereign among some of the guests! (4) 21 The soldiers’ joint, afloat? (9) 23 To earn, you have to produce! (4) 24 Tardy with some of the collateral (4) 26 Chap with mum at the Nag’s Head (3) 27 The gang get their cut (4) 29 Courage needed on icy roads? (4) 32 Reputed to be unhappy about frailty at heart? (4) 33 It grows in open country (5) 34 Removes long pieces (6) 35 Something nice to say as a benevolent assurance? (4,4) 36 Knotty old dear? (6)

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1 Build anew in Crete (5) 2 In Africa, could it be a slog to get there? (5) 3 In the church, a postscript to a note (4) 4 Vital musical instrument? (5) 5 Keep William informed (4) 6 Simpleton, possibly old one (6) 9 Come down in flames? (6) 11 Record many an own goal (3) 12 Predatory type in the swim? (5) 13 Overbalanc­ed head first! (7) 15 It’s as well to duck! (3) 16 A youngster you can raise (3) 18 Something afoot making it possible to change pace? (6) 20 It’s not true that part of Limoges is here in Belgium! (5) 21 Instant healthy looking colour? (3) 22 Observed to be spotted (3) 23 Defeat the stream’s turbulence (6) 25 Being typically sharp, it has a point (3) 28 The right one for heaven? That’s very uncertain! (5) 30 Norma’s new Spanish boy (5) 31 The pounding noises when many get wrongly shut out (5) 32 To sing badly must mean something (4) 33 Be sought after as a young player (4)

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