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1a
Standing — speaking (2,4,4)
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7a
Money saved for the future (4,3)
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8a
First in order of importance (5)
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10a
Otherwise (4)
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11a
Instrument — litre can (anag) (8)
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13a
Purify (6)
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15a
Someone on work experience? (6)
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17a
Distinction — high ground (8)
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18a
Half-baked — fly-by-night mammals (4)
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21a
Teach — followers (5)
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22a
In question (2,5)
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23a
Determined to do something at all costs (4-4,2)
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1d
Fertile patch in a desert (5)
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2d
Do what one is told (4)
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3d
Overwhelm (6)
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4d
Conspicuously outrageous (8)
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5d
Delete for ever (7)
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6d
Word or phrase expressing affection (10)
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9d
Greatly surprised (10)
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12d
Hellish (8)
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14d
Warship smaller than a destroyer (7)
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16d
Embarrassing predicament (informal) (6)
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19d
Pyromania (5)
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20d
A just detectable amount (4)