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1a
Understood (12)
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9a
Musical composition with a theme repeated and developed (5)
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10a
Gun (7)
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11a
One of the Great Lakes (4)
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12a
European capital (8)
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14a
Unexpected and inexplicable change (6)
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15a
Commonly repeated word or phrase (6)
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18a
Marine mollusc (3,5)
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20a
Rebuff (4)
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22a
Bar — omit (7)
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23a
Freight (5)
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24a
Idle chatter (6-6)
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2d
Currently in progress (7)
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3d
Writer of verse (4)
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4d
Strenuous exertion (6)
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5d
Centaurs (anag) — native of an ancient state of central Italy (8)
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6d
Cover loosely with a cloth (5)
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7d
11th-century land survey of England (8,4)
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8d
Fizzy (12)
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13d
Serene (8)
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16d
Clinging part of a plant (7)
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17d
Credit (anag) — steer (6)
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19d
Racecourse, home to the Gold Cup since 1807 (5)
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21d
Deer's tail (4)