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1a
Right to vote in an election (9)
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8a
Author of nonsense poems and limericks, d. 1888 (4)
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9a
Elasticated band for fastening hair (9)
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10a
Very hard wood (4)
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13a
Capital of Ecuador (5)
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15a
Darjeeling holder? (6)
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16a
Repulsive (6)
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17a
Wonderful (6)
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19a
Hack (abbr) (6)
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20a
Islam's holy book (5)
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21a
Blink — shut-eye? (4)
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24a
Farm worker (one who has lunch?) (9)
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25a
Time taken for a specified planet to go round the sun (4)
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26a
Surgery (9)
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2d
Framework (4)
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3d
Naming word (4)
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4d
Reflex spasm of the diaphragm, producing a gulping sound (6)
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5d
Asian religion — no hits (anag) (6)
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6d
Person one detests — ie not beer (anag) (4,5)
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7d
Restraint used to slow a wheel's rotation (5,4)
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11d
People who hide on board, hoping not to pay for the trip (9)
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12d
Someone from Dar es Salaam? (9)
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13d
Oddity (5)
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14d
Largest UK cinema chain (5)
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18d
Small measure of semi-solid food (6)
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19d
Car — cat (6)
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22d
Seal(ed) (4)
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23d
Othello's nemesis (4)
