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1a
Stout (6)
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4a
Rain cloud (6)
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9a
Hopeless feeling (7)
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10a
Tubular pasta (5)
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11a
Sheer (5)
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12a
Knife for the end of a rifle (7)
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13a
No-frills (11)
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18a
Busy (2,3,2)
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20a
Means of mass communication (5)
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22a
Hybrid beasts of burden (5)
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23a
Overshadow (7)
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24a
Adage (6)
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25a
Complimentary (6)
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1d
Peppery root vegetable (6)
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2d
Tack — abets (anag) (5)
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3d
Knife used in dissection (7)
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5d
Hint (5)
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6d
Windfall (7)
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7d
Carry out an investigation (6)
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8d
Bin operator (anag) — one's working on a trial basis (11)
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14d
Altogether (7)
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15d
Kind of rose (7)
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16d
Universe (6)
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17d
Documentation (6)
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19d
Cathedral city of North Rhine-Westphalia, seat of the Krupp industrial dynasty (5)
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21d
Storage facility (5)
