Cryptic Crossword #28,924

1

Perfect Stories (4.2)

4

As a feather in bed is spoiled (8)

9

African natives in oversized bras (6)

10

An endless torpor (8)

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Napoleon food and his retinue kept warm (4,2,8)

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Conservative lists shed tears for fresh start (5.5)

14, 16

Cheese Turnover? Yes, a new recipe for beginners (4.4)

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See 14

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Try soft exotic trees, but they won't grow here (4.6)

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They advise where to find pots and pans (7.7)

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Song in code to do with buzzers (8)

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Repeated words of the applicant, disjointed (6)

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Top dog, I say, for close observation (5.3)

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Gave compensation back, a requirement for US 12s (6)