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1a
Flower (7)
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8a
Expressing love (7)
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9a
One who speaks excessively (7)
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10a
Nasal aperture (7)
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11a
Sloping mass of loose rock (5)
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13a
Rest (9)
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15a
Intermediary (2-7)
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18a
Trials — tribulations (5)
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21a
Offensive remarks (7)
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22a
Shopping container (7)
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23a
(Of pasta) firm when eaten (2,5)
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24a
Slices of bacon (7)
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1d
Game on a green (5)
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2d
Proprietor (5)
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3d
Aggressive display of military force (5-8)
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4d
Large bottle (6)
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5d
Painstaking (13)
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6d
Very unpleasant (6)
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7d
Old stableman at an inn — sterol (anag) (6)
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12d
Small north Pacific salmon (4)
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14d
Compass point (4)
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15d
Six-stringed instrument (6)
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16d
Compared with (6)
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17d
Festival after Lent (6)
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19d
Balm — ointment (5)
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20d
Eye infections (5)