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1a
Expressing praise (9)
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8a
Expensive (4)
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9a
Lancashire seaside resort (9)
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10a
Stalk (4)
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13a
Stomach (5)
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15a
Spasmodic (6)
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16a
Merited (6)
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17a
Rebellion (6)
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19a
Deer's horn (6)
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20a
___ Andronicus (Shakespearean tragedy) (5)
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21a
Rear — female deer (4)
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24a
Rise rapidly (9)
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25a
High ___ (1952 Western with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly) (4)
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26a
Racing dog (9)
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2d
Nautical hail (4)
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3d
Sea (literarily speaking) (4)
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4d
Go from place to place (6)
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5d
Fragments of stone, brick etc (6)
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6d
Four-sided figure (9)
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7d
Arabian camel (9)
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11d
Had no fear (anag) — in advance (9)
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12d
Treasure Island author (9)
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13d
Constructed (5)
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14d
Tales (5)
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18d
Itinerant who once mended pots and pans (6)
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19d
___ Beardsley, exotic English book illustrator, d. 1898 aged 25 (6)
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22d
Mountain nymph spurned by Narcissus (4)
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23d
Observed (4)