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ACROSS
8 Fight about European clothes (4) WEAR {W{E}AR}
9 Graduate hugs pale master in Kenya (5) BWANA {B{WAN}A}
10 Cooking equipment from Coventry (4) OVEN [T]
11 For example, Jupiter's aircraft model (6) PLANET {PLANE}{T}
12 Can court start to use recorded evidence? This is the essence... (8) TINCTURE {TIN}{CT}{Use}{Re...d}{Ev...e}
13 Mount damaged ladder kept behind service truck initially (8) STRADDLE {Se...e}{Tr..k}{LADDER*}
15 Radio enthusiast permitted a play (6) HAMLET {HAM}{LET}
17 Score more than 80 (7) HUNDRED {80+20 = 100}
19 After bath, Neil walks dog (7) SPANIEL {SPA}{NEIL*}
22 Scrape away some candelabra debris (6) ABRADE [T]
24 Take care of toad hopping around damaged tent (6,2) ATTEND TO {TOAD*} over {TENT*}
26 Egyptian peasant dropped a hint to some extent (8) FELLAHIN {FELL}{A}{HINt}
28 Drops plant parts (6) LEAVES [DD]
30 Forbid capturing eastern animal (4) BEAR {B{E}AR}
31 Gardner's lawyer's builder (5) MASON [DD]
32 Old silver with newspaper boss (4) AGED {AG}{ED}
DOWN
1 That chap is accompanied by the Spanish bounder (4) HEEL {HE}{EL}
2 Dipsomaniac and medico at UN beginning to kiss on a road (8) DRUNKARD {DR}{UN}{Kiss}{A}{RD}
3 Sailor consumed a drop of drink and slacked off (6) ABATED {AB}{ATE}{Dr..k}
4 Hot inside gas emitter that is a longer distance away (7) FARTHER {FART{H}ER}
5 Shown app designed in uncle's place (8) PAWNSHOP*
6 After interactive program, Thomas is behind (6) BOTTOM {BOT}{TOM}
7 Fruit and vegetable, right? (4) PEAR {PEA}{R}
14 General's opposer on hand (5) THUMB [CD]
16 Evening before book ceremony, for example (5) EVENT {EVE}{NT}
18 Come home, for example, for words spelled similarly but pronounced differently (3,5) EYE RHYME [Definition by example]
20 Pushed corgi out of conflagration... injured... will not lead to death (3-5) NON-FATAL coNFLAgrATiON*
21 Disappear carrying recipe for liquid coating material (7) VARNISH {VA{R}NISH}
23 Temptation everyone at old place experienced in the beginning (6) ALLURE {ALL}{UR}{Ex...d}
25 Gift old Roman and Greek currency (6) TALENT [DD]
27 First lady's new flat (4) EVEN {EVE}{N}
29 Animals kept in new estate (4) EWES [T]
Reference List
European = E, Model = T, Court = CT, Radio enthusiast = HAM, Eastern = E, Newspaper boss = ED, The in Spanish = EL, Sailor = AB, Hot = H, Interactive program = BOT, Right = R, Book = NT(New Testament), Recipe = R, Old place = UR, New = N
