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3 In a way, drink helps to make blood! (5)

Being down, the Spanish bow out (5)

Fabric liable to show a stain (5)

Man mountain? (3) Italian in a right state! (5) Historic knight of the willow (hard as nails?) (7) William’s expenses (5) Prisoner of the Gulag? (3) It can be in a contract for many a purpose (6) Such a scout needs to have initiative (7)

22 Was dishonest in giving a boy only £1 (4) Forward by Tuesday (4) Currently, they’re usually abbreviated (7)

26 Container of courage? (6) 29 A little house, locally (3) 31 Though slow, it’ll go smoothly round the point (5)

Scene of some final memories (7)

Murphy, maybe, could have dug one up (5)

Not much room for experiment? (3)

No wildly keen traveller! (5) State of being cross during meals (5)

A poor rhyme for greedy (5) 8 10

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A “crossed” animal (5) Enamoured and persuaded to be caressed (7)