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1a
Large crate (7,4)
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9a
Written agreement between a country and the Vatican (9)
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10a
Chinese leader, d. 1976 (3)
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11a
Unfortunately (5)
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13a
Bitter conflicts (7)
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14a
Bind firmly together (6)
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15a
Sultanate in Borneo (6)
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18a
Remark (7)
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20a
Longest European river, flowing into the Caspian Sea (5)
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21a
Monotonous routine (3)
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22a
Top dog? (6,3)
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24a
Waste frivolously (7,4)
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2d
Stiff bristle growing from an ear of barley, for example (3)
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3d
Indirect or cumulative effect (5-2)
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4d
Going without clothes (6)
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5d
Make provision for (5)
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6d
Meeting between two of the last four still in a knockout competition (4-5)
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7d
Stiff slip with sections covered by a film to be removed to discover if a prize has been won (7,4)
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8d
Lacking any interest or creativity — nepotist cad (anag) (11)
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12d
One's old university or school (4,5)
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16d
Nice region? (7)
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17d
Hamper (6)
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19d
German painter Max, a pioneer of Dada, d. 1976 (5)
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23d
Egg cells (3)