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1a
Endorse (4)
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3a
Buildings (8)
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8a
Exceedingly (4)
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9a
Sudden sharp increase in the birth rate (4,4)
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11a
Baker's tool (7,3)
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14a
Confused and slow to react (6)
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15a
Acrobatic feat — schisms (6)
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17a
Industrial city on the Ohio river (10)
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20a
Something difficult to say or understand (8)
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21a
Oral examination (4)
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22a
Divided — distinct (8)
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23a
Light toboggan (4)
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1d
Liquid refreshment (8)
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2d
Set of musical bells (8)
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4d
___ Reinhardt, French jazz guitarist, d. 1953 (6)
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5d
Unauthorised disposal of waste materials (3-7)
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6d
Wooden-soled shoe (4)
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7d
Japanese wrestling (4)
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10d
Colourful bird seen by streams and rivers (10)
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12d
Dessert — is it arum? (anag) (8)
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13d
Rough calculation (8)
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16d
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges (6)
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18d
Old Testament prophet (4)
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19d
Witticism (4)
