An exculpatory argument worthy of any lawyer

by Martyn Crosby

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A.   Waferthin, Henri quits, to move gently in the air (4)

B.   Disorientated whig flies to yachting centre (4,2,5)

C.   Pleaded, not softly, for improvement to octane rating
(6)

D.   Freedom from restraint north or south of the equator
(8)

E.   At high level of operation, unwilling Foreign Service
briefly turns (2,4,5)

F.   Shortened thong in any Padua Saint (7)

G.   Nomad rashly hid in India (6)

H.   Satisfied is, if removed, satisfied (5)

I.   Yoga position: place upright after leader (9)

J.   Why satyr bet over Welsh town (11)

K.   Ornithological chinese gooseberry (4)

L.   Warded off Stanley`s lake (6)

M.   Tally twenty (5)

N.   States hop about rapidly (9)

O.   Mae West hides sheep (3)

P.   Anna fights a troubled land (11)

Q.   Rearranged fern grew, foreshortened, in southern
Scotland (7)

R.   Why, Ivy, we reach wildly in total disorder! (5,5,3)

S.   Fancy in Mid East (4)

T.   Hymns find euphony is disturbing Schubert`s work
(10,8)

U.   Breach of security in 1853 Dickens novel (4)

V.   Lacking will, ties a tent up (9)

W.   Element of Chaldean city article I express uncertainly
(7)

X.   "Bright star, would I were _ as thou art" (Keats) (9)

Y.   Pure homonymously pursued (5)

Z.   Punjab afterwards contained in stern (5)

AA.   After thousand leave, men iron off ament without
article to get feudal charge (11)

AB.   Hot aftertaste upsets most recently developed technology
(5,2,3,3)

AC.   Other fought a confusion, frequently with malice (12)

AD.   Brothers go unto wild, thinly populated electoral
districts (6,8)