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Ukrainian port where poetic works have a certain appeal (6) |
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ODESSA - ODES have SA = sex appeal. A nice place, I believe, but still on my bucket list. |
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Sensualist’s place accommodating Yankee pub (8) |
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SYBARITE - SITE = place, accommodates Y and BAR. Sybaris was a port city in ancient Greek times, in what is now Italy; the wealthy inhabitants knew how to party, laze about and spoil themselves rotten. |
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Old countryman, chap with ship in Scottish port (8) |
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ASSYRIAN - AYR has SS for ship inside, then IAN is our chap. |
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Furious, receiving French wine in cheap paper (6) |
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RAVING - the cheap RAG has VIN inserted. |
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Think it out — and return to captivity, as it were? (10) |
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DELIBERATE - well, if you DE-LIBERATE someone, it could mean sending them back to jail, I suppose. |
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First work by English portrait and historical painter? (4) |
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OPIE - OPus 1 = first work, E for English; John Opie was an English painter known for portraits and historical works. |
| 14 |
Large chest son included in equipment (4) |
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KIST - KIT has S included. KIST is an old Scottish word for a coffer or cist / chest. |
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Sounding good in Brussels, report of bogus old American (10) |
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EUPHONIOUS - EU (in Brussels), PHONI sounds like phoney, bogus; O(ld), US. |
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Daunting, action on green being imminent? (3-7) |
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OFF-PUTTING - I've just been OFF PUTTING at the golf club, even three-putting, and getting wet to boot. |
| 20 |
Culturally pretentious leader dismissed by political group (4) |
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ARTY - PARTY loses its P. |
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Precious box, say, Republican set aside for wife (4) |
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TWEE - a box TREE has its R replaced by a W. |
| 23 |
Fickle bloke in fashionable Tory district at last (10) |
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INCONSTANT - STAN, our bloke, goes inside IN, CON, and T = district at last. |
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Dog unknown man recalled with peremptory cry (6) |
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BORZOI - Z ROB = unknown, man, reversed = BORZ, OI a peremptory cry as in OI watchit mate. A borzoi is a kind of elegant, hairy, greyhound-type dog of Russian origin. |
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Husband in public transport area welcoming black primate (8) |
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BUSHBABY - BUS = public transport, BAY = area, as in loading bay; insert H and then B for black. Bush babies, not always hyphenated, are small nocturnal primates with big eyes. |
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Woman, heading off to visit sickly chapelgoer (8) |
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WESLEYAN - LESLEY, our woman, loses her L then goes inside WAN meaning sickly. |
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Spirited girl’s hide-out on sloop-rigged vessel (6) |
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HOYDEN - a HOY is the vessel so rigged, DEN is the hide-out. I only knew what a hoyden is because she has appeared not long ago in a crossword. |
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