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1a
Slit in the back of a jacket (4)
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3a
Particular (8)
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9a
Reading stand (7)
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10a
Plastic — records (5)
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11a
Nitwit (5)
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12a
Chicken (6)
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14a
A little tin god (anag) — small bird (4-6,3)
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17a
Middle Eastern language (6)
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19a
Not so many (5)
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22a
___ Newton, English physicist, d. 1727 (5)
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23a
Unfriendliness (3,4)
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24a
Evacuation — gardenia (anag) (8)
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25a
Dressed (4)
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1d
Liable to unpredictable change (8)
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2d
Mother-of-pearl (5)
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4d
Unwillingness to spend money (5-8)
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5d
Quibble (5)
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6d
Ascertain (4,3)
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7d
Basic biological unit (4)
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8d
Tyrant (6)
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13d
Taken aback (8)
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15d
Buddhists' transcendental state (7)
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16d
Surround completely (6)
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18d
Food that can be streaky (5)
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20d
Turn round rapidly (5)
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21d
Pegged out (4)
