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• Midwives' curious ritual is, in reality, very ''PC''! (7) *
• Simple to be married before, in an old-fashioned way (4)
• Certain kind of Russian should avoid south of Portugal? (7)
• Lived and died on ridge as result of assault (5)
• Family butcher's business? (5,3,5)
• Cuddlesome companions turn stomachs after time (5,5)
• Realistic fertile blossoms covering uniform (4-4) *
• Spurs soar after developing boxing exercise (7)
• Stuffing for tortilla won kudos -- that's upset pedant (4-3)
• Exit toll (5,5) *
• Officer in police operation undercuts Capone, offering diluted booze (7)
• Golf disaster, filling in the holes? (5)
• Sweet thing but thick-skinned for starters (8,5) *
• Spot check about the compiler? Most ridiculous (8)
• Best tool (4)
• Party host's timely order to give guests present? (10) *
• Miss ending after missing beginning (4)
• Vow the Parisian frames is love (7)
• Informed of weekend ball, go crazy (13)
• Nature scenes, peculiarly English (7)
• Row initiated by father on edge (8)
• Upper-class, boarding public transport? A shock (6)
• The woman with no ring in love gets put off (6) *
• Dump where 4x4's taken, changing directions (7) *
• Senior officers facing fanatic -- hairy hard case, soft inside (7) *
• Strong drink from Spain with pretty wrapping papers (8)
• Treatment misrepresented as hippy theory (13)
• Burlesque outfit with small opening (4)
• Knocked off game, having urge for food (7,3)
• You and I review party for returning neighbours - the difficulty is getting the numbers right (6) *
• Work schedule is revolutionary inside sanatoriums (4)
• Try to mediate introducing some inept boss *
• Traditional fare in accommodation for most those in 24 down (7,3) *
• Torte from Potteries or from the bakery? (4) *
• Press in outlet upsets writer responsible for a sportsman's sketches (8) *
• Top cobbler in footwear with skeletons in the closet (8) *
• State of REM leaving green room (6) *
• Passed out in black suits (6) *
• One of those in the Mallow family removing plantain from national park (4) *
• Supports without spur in greenhouse containers (4) *
• Pole is in good time or just about (6)
• Ref flicks over old, good books kicked about by striker or forward (10) *
• Keep under lock and key, short academic test for older students at the end of examination (6) *
• Infusion from nuclear fission melts away (6) *
• Great Dublin back consumed by shocking standard seen in Croke Park (10) *
• Get to cover short business-like lecture (8) *
• Gloss over disappearing grove - it's a tax right-off (4) *
• Fire in accommodation starts gas oven (3,2) *
• Depressed in fights when the wheels come off? *
• Comment from The Mail offering a general view perhaps (11,4) *