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1a
Pontificate (6)
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4a
Evade (5)
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7a
Mellifluous (6)
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8a
Group within a group (6)
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9a
School payment(s), for example (4)
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10a
Vague talk and empty promises (8)
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12a
Subversive element working for the opposition (6,5)
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17a
Curry dish — Avon lido (anag) (8)
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19a
Weep copiously (4)
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20a
Deodorant applicator (4-2)
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21a
Heavily populated island in the Gulf of Naples (6)
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22a
Communal fund (5)
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23a
Dangerous (6)
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1d
Wise (7)
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2d
Prominent cubist (7)
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3d
Feline cry (9)
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4d
Uncertainty (5)
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5d
Areas like the Sahara (7)
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6d
Lure (6)
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11d
Like Emperor Haile Selassie? (9)
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13d
Curl of hair (7)
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14d
1938 novel, starting: 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again' (7)
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15d
Well read (7)
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16d
Czech composer, d. 1904 (6)
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18d
Kind of aunt? (5)