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1a
It capital is Windhoek (7)
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8a
Bottle (7)
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9a
Cardinale, b. 1938 or Winkleman, b. 1972 (7)
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10a
Firmly embedded (4-3)
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11a
Japanese dish of cold rice balls (5)
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13a
Slender non-stinging insect with iridescent wings (9)
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15a
Game played on one's own ground (4,5)
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18a
Boredom (5)
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21a
Of part of the eye — reliant (anag) (7)
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22a
Singing popular songs to recorded music (7)
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23a
Degree-granting institution (7)
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24a
Cut open (7)
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1d
Drinks straight from the bottle (informal) (5)
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2d
Method (5)
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3d
Doctor's ways? (7,6)
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4d
Former French colony, founded 1604, now part of Nova Scotia (6)
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5d
Alice in Wonderland's foul-tempered monarch (5,2,6)
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6d
Compact group of mountains (6)
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7d
Lookout (6)
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12d
Release (4)
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14d
Post usually occupied by another person (4)
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15d
Roman poet and satirist, d. 8 BC (6)
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16d
Spirit and resilience (6)
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17d
Spilled the beans (6)
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19d
Hangman's rope (5)
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20d
Awkward (5)