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Impossible to get famous? (7)Across
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Impossible to get famous? (7)
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Area staff doesn't actually do anything? (7)
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Pigment job for none to put first (5)
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Smaller amount of communist oil exported November (9)
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We hear Earl Grey perhaps shepherds rams from the East—this might have a solution? (4,4)
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Ink found in thermostat to overregulate (6)
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One Columbian and one Byzantine, occasionally (4,2,1,4,4)
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Finish the Argentinian handle inside (6)
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King caught gorilla holding fork in 2020, perhaps (4,4)
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Do the wimples Mike lost make a difference? (5,4)
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Pianist's anthology includes Mozart's Third (5)
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Empty Andalusian chest without Oscar's hazardous substance? (7)
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Reportedly one wanting varnish (7)
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Accepting explorers' new inoculant without debate (15)
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Discomfort from headless magician (4)
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Awful to disapprove, having got one for nothing! (6)
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To Reverend Bartholomew, passion is a sign of life (9)
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Action scene of Cabinet going around the bend? (3,5)
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Rocky eolith supported by cord in shade (10)
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Destination, having bought single ticket at critical moment? (5,2,2,6)
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Quietly announced chances for dolphins (4)
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Eating noodles (otherwise tacos) in California (10)
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Navy perhaps heard cry of sea creature (4,5)
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Amateur at Miner Expo, Perth out of bounds (8)
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A friend above splendid house (6)
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Curse Jack and his one naked kiss! (4)
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Superior sticks returned (4)
Shrinking Violet