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KIDDCaptain commissioned to hunt pirates, but instead became one (4)
BLACKBIRDHe commanded pirates, but each is knocked out by one flying character
TULLAgriculturist and agronomist who trained for the Bar but instead farmed his father's land and perfected the horse-drawn seed drill for which he is best known (4)
OWLTawny nocturnal raptor whose characteristic "too-wit too-woo" call isn't the song of one bird, but instead the duet of a male and female calling to each other (3)
SENTCommissioned to go
SEITCommissioned to go
SWANThe Ugly Duckling became one (4)
MEMEBarbenheimer became one in 2023
INCACain became one in Peru
CHEVRONBadge one is never commissioned to wear
PRESSOFFICEROne commissioned to squeeze the editor? (5,7)
TATLINVladimir, Russian artist commissioned to design the Monument to the Third International (6)
OPRAHWINFREYWhen Chicago became one of the four candidates to host the 2016 Olympics, she traveled to Copenhagen to pitch her adopted hometown to the IOC
TAISHANForename of the British portrait artist Schierenberg, commissioned to paint Sir John Mortimer (3-4)
NIEMEYERInfluenced by Le Corbusier, which Brazilian architect was commissioned to design the principal build
PRIVATEERVessel commissioned to plunder in wartime
OFFICERSThey're commissioned to make off with wild cries (8)
PRIVATEERSOld ships commissioned to serve: a trip was arranged for them (10)
BLAKEArtist well-known for his pictures accompanying tales by Roald Dahl, recently commissioned to illust
MUMTAZMAHALChief consort of the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan, a famous marble mausoleum in Agra was commissioned to house her tomb (6,5)