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1a
Person experienced in life (3,2,3,5)
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8a
Vandal (7)
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9a
Comes closer to (5)
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10a
Team up (with) (4)
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11a
Day of very hot and sunny weather (8)
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13a
Completely saturated (6)
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14a
Wood cut and prepared as building material (6)
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17a
Discursive (8)
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19a
Badly behaved child (4)
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21a
Machine that produces the winning Premium Bond numbers (5)
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22a
Blood disorder — ie am Ana (anag) (7)
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24a
Get married? (4,3,6)
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1d
Cut the grass (3)
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2d
Irritated (7)
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3d
Bogus (4)
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4d
Roman lyric poet, d.8BC — a chore (anag) (6)
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5d
Inspiring a feeling of delight (8)
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6d
Limits within which something can be effective (5)
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7d
Member of the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa, 1941-2 (6,3)
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10d
Able to soak up liquid easily (9)
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12d
Determined to achieve something at all costs (4-4)
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15d
Female star of the 1942 film Casablanca, d.1982 (7)
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16d
Provoke to fury (6)
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18d
Capital of Belarus (5)
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20d
Welcome — precipitation (4)
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23d
Chopper (3)
