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Mephisto 2518

Last one (unless I have something else wrong!) - please help, so I can relax! It must be obvious: 12d: Carried out equipment packed, moving rather slowly? (10). C?RRIG?ADE

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Sunday Times 4305

7d has foxed me: Large bed had to be shifted for play (5,6). H?D?A ?A?L?R. I assume it's an anagram of 'large bed had', but just can't get it!

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Times Mephisto 2515

19a Brilliant winger saw old energy restricted (8) ??O?OP?N. Any ideas, please?

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Times Jumbo cryptic 784

28d Couple initially leaving one state for another (6) ?A?S?S. 'Kansas' would fit, but why? Last clue for me, and it is driving me mad! Where are you Lie-in-king?...

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Times Jumbo cryptic 784

15a Currency you uttered, note accepted in parts (7) D???L?S

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Times Jumbo cryptic 781

4d This old sweetheatr could make more of a gent (5). L?M?E...... Where are you, Lie-in King?

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Please help with the final two: 38a Answers roughly after one's name (5) I?A??. 39d Bar charging extorttionate rate combined with fair rate (4-5) ??I?-J?I?T. I think this is 'spin-joint', but if it is...

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Times cryptic Jumbo 777

47a Holy masses repelled Shakespearian character (6) ?I?T?L

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Saturday Independent 6831

Not used to this one - totally stuck! . 1d Letter Queen's (not King's) Hospital's written about some urgery (4). ?O?H, I think. 11a The Queen's Singers have ignored bribe (4) R?N? (rana? - but why)....

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Times Jumbo cryptic 775

Stuck on last two:25a Western or eastern shop refurbished ahead of time (5,5) H?R?E,?P??? (horse something?); and 5d Shriek, having cut through - a layer of this? (7,5) S?A?I?G,???A?. Any help...

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Times 24,008

Please help me to finish this before I waste any more time before the answers appear tomorrow! 7d Climax cut short - how short? There you go! (5-2) T?I??-?o 13a You matter, forget the mass! (4) ???E....

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Times Jumbo cryptic 771

Something gone wrong in the middle here... If answer to 38a Safe vesselfor voyager to Never Never Land (5,3) is not Peter Pan, what can it be?

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Sunday Times 4289

24a Pathetic person on street with one thing to keep off rain (9). D?I?S?U?E. Pathetic person must be drip, but word baffles me!

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Times jumbo 769

47d Fatal plaza Democratwas shot in - Lee finally escaped (6) ?E?D?Y. I assume it is 'deadly', but why?

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Times cryptic jumbo 768

43a Two-foot line covering ares that spans circle (8). T?A?E?E? - any idesa? Also 26a Avoids disgrace in test by exceeding minimum score (6,4,4). ?R?A?S,?N?S,?U?K. Is there a cricket term 'breaks...