The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1979

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As the role is complicated, despair lose heart
Author seen looking to the left in photo, I learned ELIOT
Beef for the champions? TOPSIDE
Coordinate race RUN
Country’s silence, then it’s erupting LIECHTENSTEIN
Fashion range used casual garment DUNGAREES
Fire Tory: identify allowance CONFLAGRATION
Fudge I share out, OK AUTHORISE
Group ready SET
In favour of person getting paid PRO
Item auctioned with American flower LOTUS
Maybe, crude, offensive idiots laughing, initially OIL
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One going wrong about newspaper, regularly OFTEN
One ruminates about those on the way up, perhaps? MOUNTAINEERS
Person feeding furnace possibly losing head EATER
Reportedly, imperfection in lower surface FLOOR
Roughly at three, drama staged here THEATRE
Salt container has broken POTASH
Seated after assembly, calm SEDATE
Sixteen working on annex EXTENSION
Smart operation involving deception STING
Some finish — with two languages? french polish
Up in heaven, egalitarian city with large lake GENEVA
Well, someone having a flutter? BETTER