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  1. Sydney Morning Herald 2025-07-24

    Good fun, nothing particularly tricky!

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    Meal tapers off (6)
    REPAST — anagram (off) of TAPERS
    4
    Fabricate revealing biography, mostly, that is (4,1,3)
    TELL A LIE — TELL ALl (revealing biography, without last letter) IE (that is)
    9
    Oddly, who am I - beast or animal? (6)
    WOMBAT — odd …
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  2. Sydney Morning Herald 2025-07-17

    Pretty enjoyable! Nothing hugely remarkable, positively or negatively, just a pleasant solve.

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    (& 11-across) P.S. Bluey lego unfortunately fails completely (4,5,2)
    GOES BELLY UP — anagram (unfortunately) of PS BLUEY LEGO
    3
    Someone sculling after audible complaint by key vineyard worker (10)
    WINEGROWER — ROWER (someone sculling) after …
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  3. Sydney Morning Herald 2025-07-10

    No real complaints again! There were quite a few combined fodder and action words, which I always think is a bit of a devious trick, especially 21A!

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    How mask is designed for punk styles (7)
    MOHAWKS — anagram (designed) of HOW MASK
    5
    Olympic colours conceal instrument (7)
    PICCOLO …
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  4. Sydney Morning Herald 2025-06-26

    Lots of anagrams, but all very smooth!

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    Unfortunately hotel is very unfriendly (7)
    HOSTILE — anagram (unfortunately) of HOTEL IS
    5
    Bad pirates trudge (7)
    TRAIPSE — anagram (bad) of PIRATES
    9
    Aussie singer and model talk inside (5)
    DELTA — hidden inside moDEL TAlk
    10
    Tiny measurement meant reno was …
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  5. Sydney Morning Herald 2025-06-19

    Here we go with the first one! A slightly meaty one, but all very nice clues!

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    1 & 26 across
    Lose an opportunity to mess habit around (4,3,4)
    MISS THE BOAT — anagram of TO MESS HABIT
    3
    One Oscar: 'Greatest embodiment of English animal' (10)
    WILDEBEEST — WILDE (Oscar …
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