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Just one I cannot parse: 12/21a Time and again written off, actor I adored in plot at sea (8,8) LEONARDO DiCAPRIO Why?
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3d What constitutes bit part in Western? (6) ?A?D?T Presumably BANDIT but why?
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13a Power supplier saves time for early service (6) MATINS Why?
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23d Bishop avoids edge where skaters are (4) R?N? Presumably RINK, but why?
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31a For instance, caviar's fine quality (8) DELICACY Why? 7d Fill up again? With beer it could be reprehensible (9) REPLENISH Why? 22d Very timid, almost vertical shot at Wimbledon? (6) VOLLEY Why?...
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Mail 15272 has 5d: Swimmer was holding sides for everyone to see (6) WALRUS. So it's WAS with LR, but where is the U from? U = universal or something? (and why "to see"?)...
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19d Level out leaves in rice dish one's left (7) PLATEAU but why? Something to do with pilau rice?
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6d Still heavyweight's up on his feeet and punching (15) NOTWITHSTANDING Why?
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3d Identify big river thus on map of the countryside? (5) RURAL Why?
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Some I can't parse. I'll do them separately..... 29a Exercise order in binding text produced on keyboard (11) TYPEWRITING Why?
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I froze some leftover ham and some ham stock. Recently I made pea soup and added the ham (thawed and chopped) and the stock. Heated it all up. Lovely. I had too much so have frozen the remainder of...
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25d Nearly pick up Scrabble letter (4) TILE but why "Nearly pick up"?...
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10a Plant liable to collapse without oxygen (7) LOBELIA but surely it should be without the T? Is this clue wrong or do I misunderstand it (much more likely!)?
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22a Substitute government rank (8) STINKING but why substitute government?
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27a Around college, foreign 20s use it to make pattern (7) STENCIL but why?
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Grassy area, say, taken as read in French schools (6) LYCEES but I don't understand why (or how to pronounce lycees)
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28a Compiler is permitted to collect German pictures (7) IMAGERY. So is "is permitted" in crosswords AY?...
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7d Rich podgy kid played live for king, e.g. Mozart (5,7) CHILD PRODIGY but why? 13d Texas city hospital worker operating at 10 (3,7) SAN ANTONIO but why? Oh! In Crosswords is hospital = SAN (as in...
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24a Organ blended with pianos with no gain for singer (7) soprano but why?...
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14a Nobody rings the first of these papers around 12 (8) NOONTIDE but where does the TID (inside NOONE)come from?

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