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1a
Too near one's own situation for comfort (5,2,4)
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9a
Playhouse performing a regular stock of works (9)
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10a
Expected (3)
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11a
Shut up (5)
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13a
Outstanding — star-like (7)
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14a
Speak highly of (6)
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15a
Directionless (6)
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18a
Share — chanter (anag) (7)
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20a
Deadly (5)
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21a
Dram (3)
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22a
Snow slip (9)
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24a
Interminable (5-6)
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2d
Single circuit of a track (3)
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3d
Paces — trousers (7)
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4d
Maoist (anag) — Chinese religion (6)
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5d
English astronomer who rejected the "Big Bang" theory of the origins of the universe, d. 2001 (5)
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6d
Prizewinner (9)
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7d
Done without careful consideration (11)
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8d
Cloth cap (for a hunter?) (11)
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12d
Warranty (9)
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16d
Swindle (7)
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17d
Vandalise (6)
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19d
Short-lived fashion (5)
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23d
Is able (3)
