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1a
Almost impossible to comprehend (4-8)
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9a
Logo — pattern (5)
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10a
Shipment from A to B (7)
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11a
Deliberately have no contact with (4)
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12a
Finnish capital (8)
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14a
Largest city in Syria before the massive damage of the civil war (6)
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15a
Cherry brandy (6)
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18a
Republican's US rival (8)
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20a
Recognised leader in some field (4)
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22a
Admonish (7)
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23a
Short coat (5)
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24a
Swimming style (12)
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2d
Stick one's nose in (7)
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3d
Pudding — useless — Homer Simpson's kind of beer (4)
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4d
Start (6)
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5d
Leather from nanny or billy? (8)
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6d
Author of The Master Builder, d. 1906 (5)
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7d
Kind of financial proposal with no realistic chance of success (3-4-5)
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8d
Style of robbery through a broken display window (5-3-4)
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13d
Deceptively pleasing (8)
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16d
Soviet satellite, launched 1957 (7)
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17d
Stroke gently (6)
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19d
Tree providing Canada's national emblem (5)
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21d
A night light? (4)