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  1. Run swiftly about carrying a club (4)
  2. Want string removed from the world (5)
  3. Shellfish caught by hand before morning (4)
  4. Girl collects books on Australia’s Head of State (7)
  5. Voter to opt for alternative (7)
  6. TV compere embraces student composer (5)
  7. Time to object to the French part in Hamlet for example
    (5-4)
  8. Successfully carry out vote (3,6)
  9. Put a tag on Latin murder victim (5)
  10. Second left for fun (5)
  11. Avoid break up as it is not needed right now (5,4)
  12. A charge on rum and port (9)
  13. After an immoral act at church .... (5)
  14. .... conceal oneself at first opportunity until time for retreat (7)
  15. One chapter on antelope country (7)
  16. Weapon seen in shoot out (4)
  17. Naive environmentalist (5)
  18. Some belittle Arnold as a poet (4)
  1. Strange debut of singer at dance where liquor was available (3-4)
  2. This artist from Colorado retains a peculiar talent (9)
  3. Spiny plant seen around Ohio (9)
  4. River boat finally split (5)
  5. Release of work permit first (3,2)
  6. Wonder at Lake poet (7)
  7. Discard mould (4)
  8. Two boys meet in English town (8)
  9. Understand about German refusal to Norway (6,2)
  10. Conditions I’d initially experienced in America (9)
  11. A sudden clever idea from Indian trapping in Washington State (9)
  12. Drastically reduce drug dealer’s original cut (7)
  13. Fixed rate settled on the German machine operator (7)
  14. Rising communist in charge of drink (5)
  15. Like the first Irish on the move (5)
  16. Pip to consult with Penny (4)
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