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Strain something to contend with, keeping solver's end up (8) crossword clue


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The Guardian Cryptic crossword of December 1st, 2011 other clues
See 7
Previously ending in disaster, a foreign market here? (5)
Party time, charge around (4)
Little national insurance in advance, as ancient (10)
River filling drier gardening tool (6)
Asian controlled borders for European (8)
See 3
See 2
Bird's fifty goals scored? (6)
A bird cutting dead duck's head went this way, then that? (10)
Queens here losing ground before gain (4,6)
Hybrid and lakeside plant (5,6)
See 6
Spectacular ego, heart lost in the system (8)
Bank, say, most efficient at breaking out in depravity (4,7)
Worryingly precarious thing to package — Cameron's party pessimistic about it (6,7)
Leaves cold? (7,7)
Sweet singer turning up to plug rubbish — this is flat (5,3)
Fixed terms not concerning this 2 17 (10,8)
Unstable state in­capable, requiring urban development (6,8)
Those providing shelter from bats nipping unruly beard (10)
Steep incline, nearly always downhill for starters, horse on the outside (8)
Oxygen and another gas, oxygen and another gas, energy individually matched (3-2-3)
See 4
See 24 across
See 25
Lap speed (4)

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