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1a
Worst — as good as can be (4)
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3a
Probably (1,4,3)
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9a
Food fish (3,4)
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10a
Small medicine bottle (5)
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11a
Faithful (5)
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12a
Be a sign of (6)
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14a
Force the person responsible to explain what happened (4,2,7)
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17a
Stress on a syllable (6)
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19a
Gangway (5)
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22a
Possessed (5)
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23a
Risk-taker (7)
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24a
Exciting adventure (8)
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25a
Glorify (4)
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1d
Large place of worship (8)
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2d
Frightening (5)
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4d
Socially deprived (13)
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5d
Come to maturity (5)
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6d
Chinese dog similar to a Pekingese (4-3)
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7d
Christmas (4)
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8d
Thoroughly unreliable person (3,3)
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13d
Alfred the Great's brother and predecessor, d. 871 — the elder (anag) (8)
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15d
Conical (anag) — brief and to the point (7)
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16d
Unpleasantly damp and sticky (6)
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18d
Find oneself eventually (3,2)
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20d
Spicy Mexican sauce (5)
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21d
Warning cry by a golfer (4)
