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| 2 | Cocktail party being informal, hostess may be heard telling me to remove this? (6, 2 words) |
| 3 | Hand placed over tail and almost all of private parts (8) |
| 4 | 'He knows nothing,' I growl, over minimum mark (6) |
| 5 | Lad by misbehaving gets round judge of top quality impudently (11) |
| 6 | Legal dignitary, short portly person doffing cap (4) |
| 7 | Extract from William Empson in retrospective - it has its own syntax! (5) |
| 8 | Failure to claim a right, new burden on reigning monarch? (7) |
| 9 | Fat-cheeked fellow cracking boned meat? (5) |
| 10 | Bit of marine life into which smart money may be diverted (10) |
| 11 | Checked about opening after makeover? (10) |
| 13 | I'm smelling of roses - coming up the same (4) |
| 17 | Boring creature cut short after wag muttered peevishly (8) |
| 18 | Bit of mosaic showing Greek deity group turned up (7) |
| 21 | Withdraw from papal seat almost having embraced Anglican church (6) |
| 22 | A couple of piggies in the grass (6) |
| 24 | End of foreplay in the heather, this being the positon? (5) |
| 25 | Ferns beginning to thrive on a headland (5) |
| 26 | Cross off codicil for princess (4) |
| 27 | Age-old racket half set up (4) |
