Index: src/jquery/jquery.js
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--- src/jquery/jquery.js	(revision 1620)
+++ src/jquery/jquery.js	(working copy)
@@ -840,8 +840,10 @@
 	 */
 	clone: function(deep) {
 		return this.pushStack( jQuery.map( this, function(a){
-			var a = a.cloneNode( deep != undefined ? deep : true );
-			a.$events = null; // drop $events expando to avoid firing incorrect events
+			a = a.cloneNode( deep != undefined ? deep : true );
+			// drop $events expando to avoid firing incorrect events in IE
+			a.$events = null; 
+			jQuery(a).children().each(function(){ this.$events = null; });
 			return a;
 		}) );
 	},