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New Year's Day Cryptic Jumbo

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frameshift | 11:53 Tue 01st Jan 2013 | Crosswords
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Last three bothering me. 17a Books not bought at first without a couple of tokens (9) R - M - N - E - S Could be Romancers, or Reminders.
42d Persuaded to serve, almost pay attention finally? (8) - N - I - T - D
Looks like Enlisted, but not sure
47d Desert bug (6) - E - E - T Looks like Defect, again not sure
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Rem(a)inders
A remaindered book is sold at a reduced price. Rem(a)inders
others look OK
47 defect looks OK to me. Defect can mean 'to desert', and it can mean 'a fault, or a bug (in the works)'.
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