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1a
Complete failure (4)
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3a
Tract (8)
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8a
Learning by mechanical repetition (4)
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9a
This is thrown down as a challenge (8)
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11a
This is Spinal Tap's kind of music (5,5)
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14a
Drowsy — dwarf (6)
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15a
Food fish, like a small tuna (6)
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17a
Awesome (10)
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20a
Leading Roman Catholic bishop (8)
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21a
Explosive device (4)
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22a
Ragged (8)
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23a
Action (4)
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1d
Most remote (8)
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2d
Old hat (8)
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4d
Proverbs (6)
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5d
Baggy trousers — slap on a ton (anag) (10)
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6d
Quiet time (4)
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7d
Former Archbishop of Cape Town (4)
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10d
Commiserate (10)
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12d
Addictive substance in tobacco (8)
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13d
Unfinished business (5,3)
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16d
Heroin, for instance (6)
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18d
Shoo! (4)
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19d
True ___ , film starring John Wayne (1969) and Jeff Bridges (2010) (4)