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1a
In the intervals separating other activities (7,5)
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9a
Scope (5)
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10a
Confusion (7)
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11a
Small island in a river (4)
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12a
Impoverished — ending it (anag) (8)
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14a
Protective headgear (6)
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15a
Grapes (anag) — cigarette (slang) (6)
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18a
Much employed (4,4)
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20a
Immeasurably long period of time (4)
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22a
Blighty (7)
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23a
Customers (5)
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24a
Schoolchildren who return to an empty home (8,4)
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2d
Involve (someone) in a dispute (7)
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3d
Unit of power — Scottish engineer, d. 1819 (4)
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4d
Stretch out (6)
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5d
Deadly (8)
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6d
North American elk (5)
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7d
Isolation (of a hermit?) (12)
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8d
Assume control of a situation (4,3,5)
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13d
Hand down (8)
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16d
Make believe (7)
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17d
Coastal department of western France (6)
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19d
Illumination (5)
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21d
Perform in the street for money (4)