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1a
Pompous talk (4)
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3a
Embarrassed and lacking self-confidence (8)
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8a
Skin spots (informal) (4)
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9a
Broad (8)
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11a
Breakfast cooker? (6,4)
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14a
Awkward and inexperienced youth (6)
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15a
Fixed number of lines forming a unit of a poem (6)
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17a
Device for freezing water (3,7)
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20a
Highest point (8)
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21a
Rend (4)
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22a
Think deeply (8)
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23a
Stage (4)
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1d
Stock term rendered meaningless by endless repetition (8)
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2d
Catastrophe that cannot be insured against (3,2,3)
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4d
50th US state (6)
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5d
Visual communication? (3,7)
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6d
Long-legged wader (4)
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7d
__ and kisses (4)
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10d
Unaccompanied church music sung in unison — a ninth clap (anag) (10)
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12d
Circuitous (8)
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13d
Casually mention famous people you know to impress your audience (8)
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16d
Lucky charm (6)
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18d
Heroic and long (4)
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19d
Close-fitting (4)