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1a
Medical condition caused by harmful bacteria in the blood (6)
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4a
Darker area (6)
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8a
Pale purple (5)
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9a
Diameter of a gun barrel (7)
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10a
___ Lawson, cook (7)
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11a
American handbag — boxer's prize (5)
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12a
Flooded field for growing food-producing swamp grass (4,5)
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17a
Eight musicians as a group (5)
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19a
Region of south-west France between the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees (7)
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21a
With no duty (3-4)
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22a
Like the moon (5)
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23a
Exhausted (6)
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24a
Host city for the 1896 Olympics (6)
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1d
Signoret, de Beauvoir or Weil? (6)
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2d
One taking a dive (7)
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3d
Perfect in every way (5)
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5d
Adelphi (anag) — landing place (7)
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6d
Suspend (5)
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7d
Frankfurter (6)
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9d
Pale cream colour — map change (anag) (9)
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13d
Exclusive inner circle (7)
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14d
Cameroon's capital (7)
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15d
Spanish conquistador who toppled Montezuma, 1519 (6)
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16d
Mediterranean island country (6)
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18d
Poison (5)
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20d
Cut down the middle (5)