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1a
Best in its category (3,2,3,5)
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8a
Happy to wait (7)
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9a
Turn on a spot (5)
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10a
Retail outlet (4)
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11a
Tea (rhyming slang) (5,3)
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13a
Bring to justice (6)
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14a
Island group annexed by the US in 1898 (6)
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17a
Relating to a particular area (8)
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19a
Tarry awhile (4)
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21a
Unnerved (5)
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22a
President of the Russian Federation 1991–99 (7)
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24a
Questioned in great detail (5-8)
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1d
Strike lightly (3)
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2d
Suppress (3,4)
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3d
Run away (4)
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4d
Meat and vegetable stew (from Lancashire?) (6)
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5d
Tit for tat (8)
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6d
New (5)
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7d
Furthest point (9)
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10d
Inducing sleep (9)
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12d
Virtually (2,4,2)
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15d
Craftsman (7)
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16d
It contains the vocal cords (6)
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18d
Gadget (5)
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20d
Run-down housing area (4)
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23d
Motion of assent (3)