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| 1. 60% shortfall in grain upset American farmer |
| 1. | Cream of the crop for me |
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| 2. American farmer called Euhrlich, at first, in central Zagreb |
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| 4. American farmer’s grain covers stove |
| 1. | Cryptic grammar here is 'definition is fodder contains fodder'. Clash of verbs. |
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| 6. Breeder managed to cross horse and zebra frequently (7) |
| 1. | Doesn’t that indicate GG in RAN? | | 2. | Words like frequently, unless used very carefully, spoil most clues | | 3. | Pretty loose alt letters indication. |
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| 10. Cowboy US President holding guitar case without a pose |
| 1. | Indirect anagram? | | 2. | Indirect anagram, far too many possibilities to work through. |
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| 11. Farm manager in big Range Rover |
| 1. | Neat, but beaten by some more interesting clues |
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| 13. Farmer George, the king, had bad blood |
| 1. | ‘Had’ in the past tense doesn’t work in the cryptic reading unfortunately | | 2. | The cryptic logic needs 'has' where the surface needs 'had'. |
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| 14. Farmer George, the king with madness |
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| 17. Farmhand grumbles with irritation chasing out some birds |
| 1. | I think the derivation of GR is a little tough on the solver here |
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| 20. Farming lobbyist in king's realm |
| 1. | US farming lobbyist would be fairer |
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| 21. Field appropriated by grain producer |
| 1. | Definition seems a bit indirect |
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| 23. Finer days being lost for good for one maintaining country house |
| 1. | Finer feels odd, both in surface and as an obvious synonym for grander. |
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| 24. Foremost girl called to join Potter in the last two episodes! |
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| 25. From… from time to time, Germaine Greer comes a cropper? |
| 1. | Nice disguise in def. Clever construction, but I don't like the indicator. The necessary repeated 'from' feels lumpy too. | | 2. | Very nice |
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| 27. Gangster’s no saint, but with treatment and taking the right direction, he was able to play the part |
| 1. | Your def to dead actor to Granger is a big ask. Combined with (overwordy) complicated WP I think this is impossible. |
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| 28. Germaine Greer, oddly, is country housekeeper! |
| 1. | Well spotted! Not totally convinced by the rather vague definition though |
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| 29. Golf practice area right for a growing pro (7) |
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| 30. Good-for-nothing, faked-tanned Republican's landed party in a state |
| 1. | Very good – clever wordplay and well-disguised definition |
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| 32. Greek hugs unloved fruit farmer (7) |
| 1. | Nice O deletion and hidden join. |
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| 33. Hermione expressed gross outrage. |
| 1. | What's the function of expressed? |
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| 34. Hermione, for one, vacated Gryffindor with indignation |
| 1. | Best of the Hermiones for me | | 2. | Best of the Hermione genre |
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| 38. I left grain and grass, even radish tops for the stockman |
| 1. | A charming tale – if a little random? |
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| 39. More rum's good for extremely smart farmer |
| 1. | The randomness of the story is letting things down I think |
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| 46. Tiller Girl managed country briefly |
| 1. | Great surface and disguise but I’m not convinced by the definition | | 2. | Hinting at dear departed Betty Boothroyd? |
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| 48. Who’s garnering crop in ground? |
| 1. | Imperative deletion between fodder and anagram indicator doesn't work. | | 2. | Would crops be a better indicator ? |
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