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3 Run with a cry into the street (5)

Short of spirit (5) Haggard jockey? (5) Gosh, how lovey-dovey! (3) Four old pence (5) Exult when Edward gets hit on the head! (7)

Many a connection with jail (5)

Could mum have a bit of fun with him? (3)

Vehicle left on one side behind the bus terminus (6) Immortal who had a way with a piano tune (7) Heavenly way of working to get ahead (4)

History of dad’s old model car (4)

It’s on the cards that one may improve (3,4)

26 Can they turn a piece of wood to ashes at last? (6) Thirsty doctor at the eye centre (3)

Three might put you to sleep (5)

A US president accepted war to be advanced (7) Capital morning for a mere male (5)

Eggs in two varieties (3) Possibly a drag for an Irish policeman (5)

Those written about rivers? (5)

The ways a pair of ducks finish up can be just too curious (5)

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Bemoan being thirsty around East Central London (5) 2 4 5

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19 20 Barnum and Bailey were flashy fellows! (7)

A strong line to get fish out of the river (4)

Has infinite wisdom but makes nothing clear (6) Let it be nominal (5)

A wild binge may be only human (5)

Further in the direction of the job centre (3)

They squirm like that chap Leslie (7)

Game on the snooker table? (3)

The very best ale I’d brew (5) His minced steak is sheer poetry! (5)

High land where the Poles chop wood to the north (7) Zola (possibly reminding one 21 23 24 25

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33 of Heskey?) (5)

The way to get frozen, perhaps? (5)

Board united under pressure (7)

Such shepherds may know a few words of English (6) Wander to the back of the queue with a growl (3) Mountains of maps? (5) Being human, they have no tails (5)

It’s out of the picture! (5) Game calling for much more than a stout heart (4)

A little way from Abergavenny (3)