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1a
Artificial and inferior (6)
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4a
Sunglasses (informal) (6)
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8a
Subject set for discussion (5)
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9a
Prolonged artillery fire (7)
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10a
Widow Twankey's principal boy (7)
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11a
Execute mob-handed without trial (5)
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12a
Competitor about whose abilities little is known (4,5)
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17a
Spanish appetisers (5)
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19a
Act of imputing blame or guilt (7)
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21a
Most northerly town in the British Isles (7)
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22a
Inhumanly cruel person (5)
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23a
Savour — sauce (6)
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24a
Ice over (6)
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1d
Bit players (6)
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2d
Attendant — wed star (anag) (7)
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3d
Have a prevailing direction (5)
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5d
Horse that races 'over the sticks' (7)
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6d
Bleed (5)
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7d
Smoulder (6)
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9d
Criterion (9)
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13d
Yokels (7)
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14d
Trap (7)
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15d
Alters (anag) — less fresh (6)
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16d
Carefree and happy (6)
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18d
Exposure to harm (5)
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20d
Highland Games event (5)