| 20 answers for: Duplicitous as in political sphere, also phoniest ... |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| SPECIAL | Duplicitous as in political sphere, also phoniest allies, pair struggling to maintain conceit, primarily? (7,12) See 18D |
| RELATIONSHIP | Duplicitous as in political sphere, also phoniest allies, pair struggling to maintain conceit, primarily? (7,12) See 1A |
| HIPREPLACEMENT | Help pair struggling to fix joint operation |
| LIEST | Phoniest |
| FUNNIEST | Phoniest |
| WRONGEST | Phoniest |
| ILLEST | Phoniest |
| TRICKSIEST | Phoniest |
| QUEEREST | Phoniest |
| ANGELICA | In a gale, struggling to maintain cold plant (8) |
| RISEANDSHINE | Get up slope in Andes, struggling to maintain height |
| THEOTHER | A rude Etonian struggling to maintain working relations, promptly dismissed (2,3,3,3,3,3,5) |
| ANDOUT | A rude Etonian struggling to maintain working relations, promptly dismissed (2,3,3,3,3,3,5) |
| INONEEAR | A rude Etonian struggling to maintain working relations, promptly dismissed (2,3,3,3,3,3,5) |
| RIPARIAN | Pair struggling in stormy rain inhabiting riverbank (8) |
| LIAISE | That is Lisa, struggling to maintain contact |
| NORMALITY | Royal Mint struggling to maintain status quo (9) |
| ARENA | Political sphere, e.g. |
| TWOFACED | Pair stood up to being duplicitous (3-5) |
| TREASONOUS | Trump's initial motive to hug American was duplicitous (10) |
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