The Herald on Sunday crosswords

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Typical delegate (14) Depressed about right way to expire (5)

Not a genuine claimant? (9) Spit at head of slow unorthodox bowler (7)

Scrap with funny men in spout (7) Some munched ice cubes (4) Act over what sounds like fashion barrier (9)

Hot sides replaced after having gone below (3-6)

So outside of foot is malleable (4) Have they escaped from awful regimes? (7)

A noisy gang given a large increase (7)

I then buckled metal up front (2,3,4)

Proprietor in sideshow, nervous (5)

Render bib out of place in roast bird (5,9)

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Painter with bowl for vegetable (6) Marketing for travel (9)

To make aristocratic, raise the Spanish hat endlessly (7) Adds value by holding husband under English river (9)

Some of what he irons is owned by a person (5)

Mother's new hot drink container (7)

The spirit of glasnost and perestroika? (5)

Stagger around river with pig's foot (7)

How to be caught holding only hearts and diamonds (3-6)

In fun laze around, but causes illness (9)

Loner cites trouble during account (7)

One serial exported from Haifa (7) Help gullible person, we hear (7) Cartel fermenting wine (6) Some remain troubled by opening passage (5)

During rows we argue and use bad language (5)

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Sunday, 7th March, 2021

Provide with an official document (11) Automaton (5)

Grooms at inns (7)

Spoke lazily (7)

Because of (3,2)

Firm (6)

Ignited suddenly (6) Squads (5)

Old divisions in Yorkshire (7) Developed by natural selection (7) Bout of overeating (5) Wording in a card to a sick person (3,4,4)

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Hold closely in the arms (7) Utter (5)

Leaves of a fern (6) Fortress (7)

Subject matter (5) Confidential piece of business information (5,6)

Hardly used and in excellent condition (2,4,2,3)

Deny knowledge of (7) Came across (3,4) Nuptial (6)

Wear down (5) Amounts of money owed (5)