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1a
Kind of bridge (or whale) (8)
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5a
One's crowning glory? (4)
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9a
Become subject to (5)
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10a
Frame for creepers (7)
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11a
Have a drink in the local (4,3,5)
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13a
Knock down — tried to avoid detection (3,3)
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14a
Total debacle (6)
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17a
Energetic evangelism (informal) (5-7)
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20a
Fleet commander (7)
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21a
Poetic lament (in a country churchyard?) (5)
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22a
Weak and ineffectual person (4)
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23a
Outlook (8)
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1d
Greet loudly (4)
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2d
Ridicule (7)
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3d
Totally uninterested (5,2,5)
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4d
Attention-grabbing (6)
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6d
Improvise (2,3)
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7d
Timber used in cabinetmaking — or so do we (anag) (8)
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8d
Significant rise in body temperature (12)
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12d
Area with lots of night spots (8)
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15d
Unfeigned (7)
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16d
Author of The Naked and the Dead, d. 2007 (6)
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18d
Walt Disney's young fawn (5)
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19d
Thin-walled cavity containing liquid (4)