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1a
Ridiculous combination of two figures of speech (5,8)
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8a
Gob (4)
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9a
Scornfully mocking (8)
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10a
Unquenchable (10)
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12a
Yes-man (6)
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14a
Champagne (informal) (6)
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15a
Financial security — teeters, say (anag) (4,6)
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19a
Large church building (8)
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20a
Early stringed instrument (4)
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21a
Clean-and-jerk sport (13)
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2d
Exemption from punishment (8)
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3d
Additional (5)
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4d
Projectile (sometimes guided) (7)
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5d
Palpitate (5)
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6d
Adage (7)
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7d
Roman poet, d. about AD17 (4)
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11d
Lunar occurrence (which almost never happens) (4,4)
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13d
First — beginning (7)
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14d
Kind of long-grained rice (7)
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16d
Canonised person (5)
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17d
Fasten — engross (5)
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18d
Open jar for holding flowers (4)