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5a
Unpleasant clash (11)
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7a
Air pollution common in big cities (4)
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8a
Post holder (8)
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9a
MC on stage and screen (7)
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11a
Bishop's hat (5)
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13a
Confused (by life afloat?) (2,3)
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14a
Term of endearment (3,4)
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16a
Small stirrer — not Aesop! (anag) (8)
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17a
Make a reservation (4)
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18a
Nicest peers (anag) — tenacious behaviour (11)
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1d
Hitch (4)
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2d
Outstanding amount to pay (7)
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3d
Where to write notes, musically (5)
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4d
Water-based paint (8)
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5d
What's left to rot in a garden (7,4)
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6d
Put one image over another (11)
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10d
(Exert) force (8)
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12d
A paltry sum of money (informal) (7)
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15d
It's uplifting (5)
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17d
Like a skeleton (4)