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  1. George taken in by small minded girl (5)
  2. Fool left in bed (4)
  3. Exaggerated about a politician (4)
  4. Observed part of play by the sound of it (4)
  5. British Rail annoyed the labour leader (5)
  6. Blackguard holds King and Queen perhaps (4)
  7. Dissolute woman entertains soldiers in prison camp (6)
  8. Old country style has changed (8)
  9. Book of difficult multiplication (4,5)
  10. Italian poet died at the stake (5)
  11. A trunk is placed in the cart or so it’s said (5)
  12. UN note classed as not appropriate for free postage (9)
  13. Delivery of complete jerk (4,4)
  14. Girl takes boy as protector (6)
  15. On the look out for conflict at the close of play (4)
  16. Amusing rogue (5)
  17. Old pottery discovered in Birmingham. (4)
  18. Rouse to ecstasy in Southend (4)
  19. Nothing on eastern river (4)
  20. 10 divided by 5 = 3 plus 4 (5)
  1. Choose artist to depict Orestes’ sister (7)
  2. Miss Boleyn had a Latin yearbook (5)
  3. Had an inclination to bend over model (5)
  4. Fashion editor became sour (6)
  5. Bird lover found on board ship (9)
  6. Martin Swift (7)
  7. A large one, the Italian girl (7)
  8. Unfolded plaids dye unevenly (9)
  9. In space onward for eternity (3)
  10. Cloud finally split and fell in drops (7)
  11. With eyes hollow, copper departed (7)
  12. Utter in French - ‘ CAT’ (7)
  13. Boggy turf in front of cave (6)
  14. Returned sale items including old chair (5)
  15. At first the early Mogul princes exulted in any place of beauty (5)

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