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Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 44 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.
| Pay for the loud music Dora's upset about |
| A machine on hire, perhaps, or inherited |
| Garments for professional people? |
| In one short month, we do a clean job |
| Might it taste better in the absence of a teetotaller? |
| Sort of cat a chap gets cross with? |
| There's little point in removing it from rabbit stew |
| It's a very good seat |
| Make an issue of something |
| Is this river in some way mountainous? |
| Shocking, though seemingly quite proper to a fathead |
| Pilots have plenty |
| Connoisseur of colour? |
| She joins me at golf |
| Remnant of brass tubing |
| Harsh criticism dangerous to airmen |
| Has he a chapter to himself? |
| Eleven on the shelf? |
| A gentle kiss from Mercedes? |
| One not easy to knock the stuffing out of |
| Foolish mixture to wear? |
| At Minehead, Charles is in a terrible hole |
| She figures ways to be foxy |
| When there's a panic, Alf turns quiet |
| Bream colour? |
| A noisy tune is reasonable |
| Stagger round for a bit of fun and get some more juice |
| About to polish one's rude answer |
| Soft, but it will get stronger |
| Put forth effort and figure to get up in a tree |
| Something to eat after a clean-up? |
| It's great to be back from Gibraltar! |
| Wash up, mate |
| Girls one notices being absent |
| As once worn by roughs, we hear? |
| It doesn't make for good viewing |
| Vessel returning with some halibut |
| Played smoothly to leg out of the middle of the bat |
| Caught in a shady deal |
| Thanks for the pen, it's very nice |
| Language I long to learn? |
| In Africa, get to know some yards |
| A handy transaction |
| Ship with only half a yard to move? |