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1a
Something beyond criticism (6,3)
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8a
Vietnamese capital (5)
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9a
Helper or attendant (sometimes humble or obedient?) (7)
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10a
Render motionless (8)
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11a
Emperor (4)
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13a
Short-sighted (6)
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14a
Old mercantile area of Venice (6)
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16a
Emperor (who fiddled while Rome burned?) d. AD68 (4)
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17a
Seed of a palm chewed (with its leaves) as a narcotic (5,3)
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19a
Judge (7)
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20a
Round Dutch cheese (5)
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21a
Pine, for example (9)
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1d
Outfit for a dip (8)
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2d
Sweet blackcurrant liqueur (6)
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3d
Get by working (4)
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4d
Sofa for reclining on (6,6)
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5d
Carnivorous aquatic bug (5,7)
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6d
Composite picture (12)
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7d
Ominous — critical (12)
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12d
Professional killer (5,3)
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15d
Order (6)
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18d
Stockmarket operator gambling on a quick profit (4)
