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  1. Pope’s not prepared for delay (8)
  2. Rodent swallowing small sweet (6)
  3. Plant’s sugary edible seed (5,3)
  4. University qualification of doctor, for example, in eastern Spain (6)
  5. Set fire to the edges before rector scattered rubbish (6)
  6. Prediction in favour of English players (8)
  7. A Catholic nobleman’s explanation (7)
  8. Split right before the final part (4)
  9. Old soldiers’ prophetic sign (4)
  10. Scholarly old king meets with violent end (7)
  11. Lively as some movies are (8)
  12. Bet a million on Belgium against the French after Gerets’ opener (6)
  13. A small amount of dessert (6)
  14. Tear fabric at speed (8)
  15. One hundred enter around the middle point (6)
  16. Dispatched home with the Spanish guard (8)
  1. Exercises on street with the Head of English carrying fifty pounder (6)
  2. Protective covering for southern shrub (6)
  3. Bunthorne’s bride’s father to draw northern church (8)
  4. Born and died in want (4)
  5. Began with available newspaper boss (6)
  6. Dash back again with one totally exposed to the public (8)
  7. An occurrence I’d originally experienced late in the day (8)
  8. Discovered lines describing where castings are made (7)
  9. Hid communist just beyond rocky recess (7)
  10. Idealistic chap from Italy’s capital in charge after time (8)
  11. Words intended to incite rebellion found in second printed version (8)
  12. Luxuriously self-indulgent rebel gripped by depression (8)
  13. Relating to men touring Hungary with Russia’s leading composer (6)
  14. Get refurbished boat to Northern Ireland retreat (6)
  15. Make known about meat (6)
  16. Wind produced by good beer (4)
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