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2094: A little down

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Alexander Larman

What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?

 
1          Chap started to mine free ores, developing alloy
(14, hyphened)
10       From Austria, backless seat (4, two words)
12       Overact in a mad caper? (10)
13       Lingerie had fastener (4)
15       Abandoned barn’s for returning Chinese (6)
18       Use acres for waste (4)
21       Whence iron discipline? (7)
22       US general rejected Liberal President as fishy (7, hyphened)
24       Good feeling from book that is clear and touching (8, hyphened)
26       Song succeeded, taken in hand (5)
28       Heather’s one going for posh, tasty pants (5)
29       Flies function in county area (8)
33       Worm needs help to cross reef (7)
34       Soldiers troop around for vital support (7)
37       Fix with European yarn (4)
38       Amass current headgear in Rome (5)
39       Fine American pastries cold inside (6)
43       Bear with hair somewhat like shitzu (4)
44       Executive looked after new direct purchasing method (14, two words)
 

Down

 
1         Note Old English in Gaelic language (8)
2         Man, awful yob, put into service (5)
3         Returned thus without WC Fields in Oz (5)
4         Those in one boat heard to fall advantageously (6)
5         Call after retreating English soldier with foot soldiers (7, two words)
6         Great putter finally holes – pars are thus delivered (8)
7         Ring head of opera company about one accompanying Falstaff (6)
9         Sincere fellow in royal house (6)
11       Rush to gather a single black alpine plant (10)
19       They save you from ice affecting clear foreign seas around isle (10)
23       Occupiers look in more rarely (7)
25       Norway happening to imprison a European, an old con (8)
30      Don’t touch this pop song (7, three words)
31       Strip search by street (6)
32       Sun newspaper’s to go quickly (6)
33       Recipe penned by an ancient English poet (6)
35       Diviner harvests raised (5)
36       The French, in Channel, spill claret (5)
40       Many a hot detective given kiss (3)
 
A first prize of £30 for the first correct solution opened on 21 January. There are two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word ‘Dictionary’). Entries to: Crossword 2094, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.