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1a
Provoke (4)
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3a
Mixture of styles and/or materials — it's cheap (anag) (8)
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9a
Spray container (7)
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10a
Abrupt (5)
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11a
Philanthropist (5)
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12a
Small wooden barrel (6)
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14a
On the face of it (2,5,6)
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17a
Long-handled tool for cutting grass or grain (6)
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19a
Noble gas, Ar (5)
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22a
Evidence that the accused could not have been guilty (5)
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23a
Whiskey — biscuit (7)
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24a
Obstructed (8)
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25a
Sediment from wine and beer production (4)
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1d
Protector (8)
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2d
Pinny (5)
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4d
Extremely agitated and shaking (3,2,1,7)
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5d
Teacher (often private) (5)
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6d
Dead and rotting flesh (7)
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7d
Fencing sword (4)
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8d
Loan shark (6)
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13d
The 'backbone of England' (8)
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15d
Invented story (7)
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16d
Association for a common purpose (6)
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18d
Hackneyed (5)
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20d
American film star, d. 1960 (5)
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21d
Strip of cloth worn round the waist (4)