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1a
Steak cut from between the ribs (9)
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8a
Therefore (4)
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9a
Reggae singer, guitarist and songwriter, d. 1981 (3,6)
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10a
Retained (4)
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13a
Beginning (5)
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15a
About 3,500,000 square miles of Africa (6)
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16a
Team sport, informally (6)
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17a
Sir Frederick __ , choreographer, d. 1988 (6)
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19a
Predicament (6)
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20a
Blue-blooded (5)
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21a
Head (slang) — be a slacker (4)
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24a
Finished (9)
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25a
Native wit (4)
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26a
Toiletry product (9)
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2d
Gas — light (4)
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3d
City not built in a day (4)
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4d
Ring round the sun or moon (6)
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5d
Sway, as if about to fall (6)
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6d
Variety of plum (9)
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7d
Postgraduate degree (9)
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11d
Attacker (9)
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12d
Mexican state — breed of dog (9)
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13d
Synthetic acrylic fibre (5)
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14d
Fine net fabric (5)
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18d
Like a dead parrot? (2,4)
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19d
Situated (6)
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22d
Soft regional accent (4)
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23d
Spiteful — excellent (slang) (4)