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1a
Fortress (10)
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7a
Briefly and clearly expressed (8)
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8a
Hard by (4)
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9a
Sulky expression (4)
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10a
Dignity (anag) (7)
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12a
One employed to look after a golf course (11)
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14a
Grapple (7)
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16a
Two-masted square-rigged sailing ship (4)
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19a
Unreliable old car (4)
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20a
Drying-up cloth (3,5)
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21a
Ornamental stand for plants (10)
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1d
Baffle (5)
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2d
Hermit (7)
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3d
Grandma (4)
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4d
Direct telephone links for use in an emergency (8)
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5d
Island in the Bristol Channel (5)
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6d
Leather worker — old coin (6)
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11d
Blown up (8)
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12d
Precious stone, usually red (6)
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13d
Intention (7)
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15d
Reddish-brown (5)
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17d
Long-necked, migratory aquatic birds (5)
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18d
Farm outbuilding (4)