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1a
Live in (6)
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4a
Someone standing in temporarily for another of the same profession (5)
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7a
Soviet dictator, d. 1953 (6)
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8a
Swallowed (6)
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9a
Thin layer of gold leaf or paint (4)
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10a
Sheriff's officer (8)
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12a
Eternal (11)
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17a
Unexpected and inconvenient (8)
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19a
Loud utterance (4)
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20a
Commotion (6)
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21a
Courageously (6)
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22a
Skating venues (5)
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23a
Secure (anag) – deliverance (6)
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1d
Not indoors (7)
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2d
French novelist, author of Gigi, d. 1954 (7)
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3d
Long thin cigar (9)
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4d
Roaring cats (5)
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5d
Keep the lid on (7)
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6d
Fielding position (3-3)
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11d
Latin American ballroom dance (4,5)
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13d
Riboflavin, for example (7)
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14d
Perfectly delightful (7)
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15d
Northern region of ancient Israel (7)
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16d
Wooer (6)
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18d
Somerset cathedral city (5)