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1a
French port opposite Kent (6)
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4a
Drug, such as morphine (6)
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9a
Japanese art form — I'm a giro (rev) (7)
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10a
Secret store (5)
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11a
Release (3,2)
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12a
Cooking utensil (7)
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13a
A super stick (anag) — North American tree cultivated for its lightweight timber (5,6)
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18a
Small pasta cases with savoury fillings (7)
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20a
Arbour (5)
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22a
Unsophisticated (5)
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23a
Irritable (7)
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24a
Line on a cricket pitch (6)
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25a
WH Auden's first name (6)
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1d
Absent-minded drawing (6)
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2d
Be (5)
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3d
Ornamental fowl (7)
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5d
Ski slope (5)
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6d
Lacking in colour or vitality (7)
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7d
Urge strongly and sincerely (6)
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8d
US river and state (11)
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14d
Bill (7)
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15d
Heist (7)
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16d
Humorously mocking (6)
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17d
Ragamuffin (6)
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19d
Portents (5)
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21d
18th-century card game, the forerunner of bridge (5)