A very Monday-ish puzzle from Vulcan today; though light on the cryptic definitions, unusually. A quick but pleasant solve: thanks to Vulcan.
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| 1. | BESIDE THE POINT | Behind so petite? Bum irrelevant (6,3,5) (BEHIND SO PETITE)* |
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| 9. | MANGOES | Fellow leaves fruit (7) MAN + GOES |
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| 10. | PALETTE | Range of colours spread round holiday home (7) LET (holiday home – rather loose, I think) in PATÉ (a spread) |
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| 11. | EAT IN | Don’t take away contents of meat can (3,2) The “contents” of mEAt + TIN (can) |
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| 12. | AVERTABLE | Maintain flat surface not necessary (9) AVER (to maintain) + TABLE |
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| 13. | TURBOJETS | Stone found in remarkably robust planes (9) JET (stone) in ROBUST* |
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| 14. | EXTRA | Run over (5) Double defintiion: the “run” is in cricket, for a no-ball, wide etc |
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| 15. | BIGOT | One with fixed views of large part of bible (5) BIG O[ld] T[estament] |
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| 17. | HESITATOR | One uncommitted as the riot breaks out (9) (AS THE RIOT)* |
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| 20. | MADE SENSE | To be forced to feel was rational (4,5) MADE (forced) + SENSE (feel) |
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| 22. | ANNUL | Scrap book missing second article (5) ANNUAL less its second A (indefinite article) |
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| 23. | EXTORTS | Compels to cough up old wrongs (7) EX (old) TORTS (civil wrongs) |
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| 24. | AUGUSTA | Masters golf here as impressive adult (7) AUGUST (impressive) + A[dult]; the US Masters is held in Augusta, Georgia |
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| 25. | THE WINTER’S TALE | Play a hit, newsletter misrepresented (3,7,4) (A HIT NEWSLETTER)* |
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| Down | ||||||||
| 1. | BUMPER‑TO‑BUMPER | Unable to move in the dodgems? (6-2-6) Bumper cars is an alternative name (mostly US I think) for dodgems |
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| 2. | SENATOR | Legislator‘s appalling treason (7) TREASON* |
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| 3. | DROWNS OUT | Doctor accepts being dismissed, so stops being heard (6,3) DR + OWNS (accepts) + OUT (dismissed) |
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| 4. | TO SPARE | Raced round Bath, say, more than necessary (2,5) SPA (Bath is one) in TORE (raced) |
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| 5. | EXPRESS | Couch in train (7) Double defintiion: couch is “to express ideas in language of a particular kind” |
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| 6. | OWLET | Know lettings house a fly-by-night (5) Hidden in knOW LETtings, and a mildly cryptic definition of the nocturnal bird |
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| 7. | NOT A BIT | Model I stick up? No way (3,1,3) Reverse of T (model, as in the Ford car) + I + BATON |
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| 8. | GENERAL RELEASE | Films may be on this amnesty (7,7) Double defintiion |
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| 14. | ESTRANGES | Drives away from eastern mountains, finding way through (9) ST (street, way) in E RANGES |
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| 16. | GO DUTCH | Share game with continental (2,5) GO (board game) + DUTCH (European, continental) |
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| 17. | HANDS-ON | Factory worker taking boy for such practical experience (5-2) HAND + SON |
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| 18. | SEEPAGE | Notice youngster at wedding making escape (7) SEE + PAGE (a child at a wedding might be on) |
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| 19. | TUNISIA | Country where one is raised tucking into fish (7) I + reverse of IS in TUNA |
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| 21. | SHREW | Mouse-like creature playfully tamed? (5) Cryptic reference to The Taming of the Shrew |
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