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1a
Forage crop with yellow flowers (4)
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3a
In the wings (8)
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9a
Fairy (7)
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10a
Bellini's 1831 opera (5)
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11a
Metal cast as a block (5)
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12a
He flew too close to the sun, fell into the Aegean and drowned (6)
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14a
Succeed by luck (3,3,7)
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17a
Related to the bony frame near the base of the spine (6)
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19a
Country run for 30 years by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his son, 'Baby Doc' (5)
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22a
Simulate (5)
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23a
From Tel Aviv? (7)
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24a
Variety of white wine first produced in the Rhine valley, now all over the world (8)
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25a
Hit hard with fist or bat (4)
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1d
Cheap and inferior (8)
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2d
Fork part (5)
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4d
Fit in Uncle Joe (anag) — system for feeding internal-combustion engines (4,9)
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5d
He's busy over Christmas (5)
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6d
It can inflate or deflate (3,4)
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7d
Test (abbr) (4)
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8d
Grab (6)
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13d
Conspicuous — not at work (8)
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15d
Similar types (3,4)
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16d
Unit of Roman legion (6)
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18d
Gramophone record material (5)
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20d
Model of excellence (5)
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21d
A great distance away (4)