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Composed paean to righteous man's foot (7)Across
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Composed paean to righteous man's foot (7)
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Beginning to arrange notes or tones (5)
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Dishonest sort--hardly an upstanding individual by the sound of it (4)
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Complete grid, penning in tough one in bed (10)
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Cold-blooded sort, Republican took refuge in obfuscating atmosphere, going along with nonsense (8)
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All right, did some yard work outside--was incapable of letting it go! (6)
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Tech outlet stocks Amazon gadget (4)
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Weep with hollow plaint in mausoleum chamber (5)
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Having lost head, employ retrograde dinosaur (1, 3)
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Loves to incorporate title character from Rossini opera in Verdi opera (6)
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Salutation to high-profile senator cut short by activist leader in Ireland (8)
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Triumvir's damage to Swiss state reportedly ending in mutiny (4, 6)
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"Have a look," you say, pointing to mountaintop (4)
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He compiles annual list in pleasant ambience (5)
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Relative of mine in France heading out to get eyewear (7)
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Tear bread in showy maneuver (6, 4)
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Purveyor of gold in Paris: Spaniard's come before (6)
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Half the alphabet--a fundamental component (4)
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Low over poles, popular NASA mission (8)
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Hey! Pass soup/salad/the starters (4)
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See you pass, clothed in gold (5)
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Deserve to rise up and claim right to archduke's ultimate warship (7)
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Psychological disorder is a cool and initially comforting escape yielding symbolic relief (5)
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Setting for cute "opera" incorporating a hint of sci-fi? (5, 5)
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Antique sword roughly removed from ditch (7)
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Coronate Coolidge after change of hands in cramped vehicle (5, 3)
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First person in Mexico probes stretch of river--getting farther... (6)
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Incensed reviewer's self-description (5)
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Monarch's family's grand (4)
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Taking after 19th-century physicist? I didn't expect that! (2, 2)
Cryptic Crossword #1 (8/11/22)
