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spectator 2059

2d A book of minutes, like a line of a read. (8) A-O A AL
08:41 Sat 14th Apr 20125 answers, last by dannyk13 08:52 Sat 14th Apr 2012
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guardian easter

8dn if the answer is ANTAGONIST (opponent) where is its anagram and how does it involve STAG/INES (23dn) - the same question arises of 8dn TRANSIENCE
16:24 Sat 07th Apr 201214 answers, last by finnkim 12:19 Sun 08th Apr 2012
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guardian easter

27ac ....like a shark with American city of old notes (8) -S---O--
15:45 Sat 07th Apr 20124 answers, last by mrtennisball 16:40 Sat 07th Apr 2012
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guardian 25574

17ac Eg fungus-scavenger initially multiplied by 20 (7) C-L---E The solution to 20 is ERIC...
12:11 Fri 09th Mar 20122 answers, last by mrcroft 14:06 Fri 09th Mar 2012
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polymath 647

The moral-cultural substance of German idealism (12) -i-t-i-h-e-t
14:42 Sat 03rd Mar 20123 answers, last by alanogden 22:44 Sat 03rd Mar 2012
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guardian 25574

3d Stop on the first Underground (6) ---s-n
11:55 Sat 03rd Mar 20121 answer, last by sedge47 12:05 Sat 03rd Mar 2012
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FT 13879

ft13879 5d Country song about American leader in Tennessee (7) A-S-R-A
11:18 Wed 21st Dec 20111 answer, last by Fibonacci 11:22 Wed 21st Dec 2011
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polymath 628

23d For instance, "the Conqueror" as applied to William 1 (7) A-N---N 30ac A North American word for a whizz (5) --V-N...
11:01 Sun 23rd Oct 20111 answer, last by roslyn251254 11:02 Sun 23rd Oct 2011
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spectator 2032

36ac unclued light (def - a sieve) (5) T-MSE maybe error but can't see where
18:12 Mon 26th Sep 20111 answer, last by roslyn251254 18:15 Mon 26th Sep 2011
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ft 13783

11ac Sopale, sent back to front? Totally ! (5,4) E-E-Y -H-T
22:42 Sat 27th Aug 20112 answers, last by scotman 22:44 Sat 27th Aug 2011
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azed 2047

29d Nigerian cutter turning up navy unloaded (4)
12:05 Wed 24th Aug 20112 answers, last by Voulez-vous 12:11 Wed 24th Aug 2011
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speccie 2023

Please ignore last request, I have used my own brain both to correct my errors and deduce the correct solution. Having said that PHILISTINE was achievable with unreferenced parts to ONLY 4 clues plus...
19:25 Tue 26th Jul 20112 answers, last by nilesquimby 19:38 Tue 26th Jul 2011
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speccie 2023

ok I've got PHILISTINE which uses up 4 of the 8 clues mentioned in the preamble PLUS the 'L' in BAILIFF - so what about the other 4 letters 16ac H, 36ac N, 17d D and the E in38 ac.
19:12 Tue 26th Jul 20112 answers, last by nilesquimby 19:26 Tue 26th Jul 2011
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polymath 607

1ac In ancient Greek music, high-pitched (7) O-T-I-N
18:02 Sat 28th May 20111 answer, last by Lie-in King 18:02 Sat 28th May 2011
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ft 13699

9d Less ridiculous there's no score (5) -O-N-
18:41 Sat 21st May 20111 answer, last by Lie-in King 18:44 Sat 21st May 2011
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azed 2026

DONEE Had to be this answer, but didn't know the quote given earlier by IXION
09:55 Mon 28th Mar 20111 answer, last by swarbrules 11:49 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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azed 2026

25ac. One possibly fearing ancient Greek worked at English (5) -ONEE
09:48 Mon 28th Mar 20111 answer, last by amtaff 09:53 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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azed 2025

Spruce up and bend with injection of a varnisher's resin (two words)
15:57 Sun 20th Mar 20112 answers, last by jokerman 17:44 Mon 21st Mar 2011
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ft 13611

5ac. Fly spitfire by day (6)
08:03 Tue 08th Feb 20114 answers, last by mike11111 08:25 Tue 08th Feb 2011
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azed 2019

9d. Assume VERONICA. Preamble says 'not given in Chambers 2008'. But it is.
17:45 Sun 06th Feb 20116 answers, last by litespeed1 20:34 Sun 06th Feb 2011

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