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Replacement for the botched 36:

AI proof'll sway the gullible (5,4)

Eliot's cruellest dessert is a joke (5,4)

April is the cruellest month is the first line of The Waste Land.

"Only yesterday the bond I had was strong" (5,5,3)

Island of Capri listed as hideaway for nameless gangster’s special date.. (5,5,3)

APRIL IST concealed
ga(n)gster . Person who makes jokes/ tricks

March past patsy (5,5,3)

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Fake news from May's predecessor - the buffoon (5,40

Jean-Claude to tire on day where French lieutenant, and god of very small stature, head to valley of note, by Etna, perhaps, with prisoner and one old, half-cut sister with lung disease (45)

Pneu - tire (French)
Mon - day
ou - where (French)
lt - lieutenant
Ra - god
microscopic - of very small stature
Silico(n)- valley of note
volcano - Etna, perhaps
con - prisoner
I - one
o - old
sis - half-cut sis(ster)
lung disease - def.

Rushed to get it posted on time, so will check now if it works.

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