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1. A dribble of wee |
1. | Meanings too close? | 2. | In a double-definition clue, the two definitions should be for different senses of the answer. |
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2. A small hint |
1. | Meanings too close? | 2. | In a double-definition clue, the two definitions should be for different senses of the answer. |
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4. For renovation, start with ladies toilet, scrubbing out old wee |
1. | …start on ladies… maybe? | 2. | Points here for the endearing image. I followed a similar use of 'wee'. |
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8. Harry left title – for not much! |
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9. I tell TV broadcast to reduce volume slightly (6) |
1. | I don't think to reduce deletes |
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10. Ill-gotten gains go north in small quantity |
1. | Needs an anagram/jumble indicator |
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11. In certain places, sow sesame all round – producing peanuts! |
1. | A clever misleading surface, points here. |
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12. In vandalised toilet, missing out long wee (6) |
1. | Does O now stand for out? |
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13. It completes full title used for Lord Fauntleroy. |
1. | Very nice – even better than mine, well done! |
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14. Let &lit off? Not at all |
1. | Absence rather than quantum in the def |
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16. Lost title after goal at last minute |
1. | Very pleasing surface – well done. | 2. | Clever football reference with good misdirection in the definition. Points. |
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18. Mini race held in empty city in northern France |
1. | Unfortunately it doesn't mean deletion of middle letter. | 2. | Don't like 'empty' for just middle letter. |
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20. Minute of making love left toilet out of order |
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21. Nancy’s bed let out for a very small amount! |
1. | A well disguised French connection. Point from me. |
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23. Not much time left in match by the sound of it |
1. | Schrödinger's homophone. You probably need the long I to persist in the answer. |
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24. Not much to possibly tell about it (6) |
1. | To? Spare, I think. | 2. | 'to' ? |
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25. One can tell it could be a petty amount ( 6 ) |
1. | One can? Spare, I think. | 2. | .. and 'one can' ? |
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26. Petite model surrounded by elite arrangemwnts |
1. | Always check for typos before entwring….. | 2. | Please check the spelling of "arrangement", and of the letters required for "little". |
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27. Petty drunk let off |
1. | Nicely succinct | 2. | Succinct with a smooth surface reading. |
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28. Petty fib about nondrinker taking last cocktail |
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30. Set fire to everything reportedly, no biggie |
1. | Stretching the homonym a bit – not sure many people pronounce it the way you'd like (LIT ALL) |
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31. Short literary story, lacking literary start |
1. | Literal start, if anything. Literary usage (=to do with letters of alphabet) is obsolete. |
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33. Short story about time in Transvaal on vacation (6) |
1. | As a Transvaaler I gave this a point |
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34. Short story about two tragic lovers, primarily |
1. | Best of the short stories :) | 2. | A nice surface that misdirects the solver. |
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35. Slightly drunk with half of bottle gone |
1. | Don't think wordplay quite works – 'with bottle half-gone' would have been better. | 2. | Nice, points here. (Hic) |
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36. Small chicken's name – bantam |
1. | In an nple-definition clue, the definitions should be for different senses of the answer. Here, "small" and "bantam" are for the same sense. |
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38. Small thing – tell it differently |
1. | Can be small amount or quantity, but thing?? |
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39. Title's beginning for Laura Wilder? |
1. | My top pick – well done | 2. | I'm a little unsure about the anagram indicator, but I like this a lot. A first class literary reference. |
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42. Young literary translator’s first article in French (6) |
1. | Succinct with a smooth surface reading. Nice. |
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