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1a
Ability in the management of national affairs (13)
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8a
Select as a preferable alternative (3)
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9a
Reach adult status (4,2,3)
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10a
Read through briefly (4,4)
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11a
Item of footwear (4)
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13a
Amorous embrace? (6)
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14a
Dance around excitedly (6)
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16a
Patriarch who saved his family and all the animals from drowning (4)
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17a
Death (slang) (8)
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20a
Stirring — anxiety (9)
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21a
Star that provides light and heat for a solar system (3)
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22a
Absence (3-10)
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1d
Seat without a back (5)
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2d
Oppressively strict (13)
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3d
Intrude gradually (8)
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4d
Person belonging to a particular group (6)
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5d
Midday (4)
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6d
Ridiculously over-complicated in design and/or construction (5,8)
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7d
Rule of conduct (7)
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12d
Secured (8)
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13d
Hold within (7)
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15d
Pointless (6)
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18d
From that time (5)
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19d
Handle of an axe (4)
