Thanks to Anto for today’s puzzle, from which I learned a photographic term and a Mafia-related definition
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| 1 | ABSORBENT | Spongy ball gone missing outside (9) ORB (ball) in ABSENT (missing) |
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| 6 | AGFA | Girlfriend saved by AA? It appears on camera (4) GF in AA – the company Agfa formerly made cameras and photographic film |
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| 8 | BOB DYLAN | Whiny singer with boy band playing around Leatherhead (3,5) L[eather] in (BOY BAND)* |
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| 9 | LESION | Left side only half cut, causing damage (6) The left halves of LEft SIde ONly |
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| 10 | ADULTS | Nothing odd in hand-built test for grown-ups (6) Even letters of hAnD-bUiLtS |
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| 11 | BRIDGING | Going from bank to bank to get short-term finance (8) Double definition – a bridging loan is one taken out for a short term while waiting for a mortgage etc |
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| 12 | SHOW UP | Appear to embarrass turn out (4,2) Three definitions, though the first and third are almost the same |
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| 15 | EGG TIMER | Get grime off kitchen appliance (3,5) (GET GRIME)* |
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| 16 | RINGWORM | Infestation has grown wild inside perimeter (8) GROWN* in RIM |
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| 19 | ORGASM | The point of sex overwhelms a groom, holding it back (6) Hidden in reverse of overwhelMS A GROom |
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| 21 | ESTOPPED | Legally blocked central thesis getting killed off (8) The middle of thESis + TOPPED (killed) |
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| 22 | BRASSY | On introduction, bride’s relatives are shocked seeing you flash (6) First letters of Bride’s Relatives Are Shocked Seeing You |
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| 24 | MYOPIC | Narrow minded compiler’s theme lacks tension (6) MY (compiler’s) + TOPIC less T[ension] |
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| 25 | MAKE IT UP | Reconcile lie (4,2,2) Double definition |
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| 26 | MERE | Lake seen in home recording (4) Hidden hoME REcording – as seen in the name of many a lake, perhaps most famously Windermere |
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| 27 | SANDHURST | Smooth World Cup hero got military training there (9) SAND (to smooth) + (Geoff) HURST (scorer of a hat trick in the 1966 World Cup final) |
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| 1 | ALOUD | Being outspoken, a liberal couple moved north (5) A + L[iberal] + reverse of DUO; “outspoken” in the sense of “spoken out” |
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| 2 | SOD’S LAW | It says salad covered in soil is inevitably a mess! (4,3) SOD (soil) + SLAW (salad) – I think this is an attempt at an &lit, but if so it doesn’t really work for me |
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| 3 | RILLS | Furrows poorly fitted into hollowed out ridges (5) ILL (poorly) in R[idge]S |
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| 4 | ENNOBLE | Honour vet sadly leaving benevolent organisation? (7) Anagram of BENEVOLENT less VET |
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| 5 | TALKING TO | Time Elvis interrupted singer getting earful (7,2) T[ime] + (the) KING (Elvis) in ALTO |
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| 6 | ASSEGAI | A small games producer has single weapon (7) A + S[mall] + SEGA + I (single) |
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| 7 | FLOUNDERS | Look into financier’s blunders (9) LO (look!) in FUNDER’S |
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| 13 | HAIRSTYLE | Pageboy perhaps a slithery rogue (9) (A SLITHERY)* |
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| 14 | PROSPECTS | Chances of university abandoning details of courses (9) PROSPECTUS (details of academic courses) less U |
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| 17 | GROUPIE | Devoted fan that is following band (7) GROUP (band) + I.E. – this is a bit weak, as groupies are specially people who follow a band or group |
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| 18 | MADE MAN | What God apparently did for senior mafioso? (4,3) Double definition – I didn’t know that a MADE MAN can be “a man who has been initiated into the higher ranks of the Mafia” |
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| 20 | GLACIER | Girl, more delicate, is slow mover (7) G[irl] + LACIER |
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| 22 | BOKEH | Half of boat keel he missed in photographic blur (5) The first halves of BOat KEel He: I didn’t know this word, though the effect it describes if very familiar |
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| 23 | STUNT | Restrict growth of dangerous activity (5) Double definition |
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