CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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34 35 36 1 2 With no heart for farm work, a building job’s the answer (6)

Working with Noel, Dora has the makings of an artist (8) An age of high speed (6) A handy sort of puppet (5) Business house with a place for an angler (4) Despite having long ears, hear amiss! (4) Powder used in experimental chemistry (4) Assume he’ll give you a nod (3)

It hurts if you miss it and hit it (4)

A round enclosure easy of access (4)

The ordinary inhabitant of Clapham? (6,3) Charles wrote a lot in the lab (4)

They all agree to disagree! (4)

World wide snare? (3)

A look of palpable eroticism (4)

Pretty scrawny in a bathing suit (4)

Sir Peter gave a wild yell! (4) There are no queues, we hear, for such pudding (5) Making a speech, maybe Ted’s out to clear the air (6) Soldier with a lance, maybe (8)

Creature modified by some scientists (6)

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He was a bit of a blighter to a historic Christian (5) Go like an engine (5)