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1a
Doing nothing and hoping for the best — being Glenn etc (anag) (6,7)
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8a
Lockjaw (7)
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9a
Australian operatic soprano, d. 1931 (5)
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10a
Kind (4)
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11a
Punctuation mark (4,4)
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13a
Container used in lubricating machinery (6)
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14a
Lingerie — is nude (anag) (6)
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17a
Stand in (8)
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19a
Experts (4)
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21a
Nigerian currency unit (5)
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22a
Improving trend (7)
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24a
Scottish breed of cattle (8,5)
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1d
Cricket club (3)
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2d
One regarded as sure to succeed in some field (7)
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3d
Departed (4)
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4d
Big meal (slang) (4-2)
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5d
Playing for stakes (8)
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6d
Brilliant success (5)
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7d
Austere monks taking a vow of silence (9)
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10d
Welsh national park (9)
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12d
Writer of light romantic fiction, Princess Diana's stepgrandmother, d. 2000 (8)
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15d
Moving slowly and carefully (7)
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16d
Accept as true without proof (6)
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18d
Elegance (5)
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20d
The Orient (4)
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23d
Hydrogen, for example (3)
