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1a
Singer, perhaps — chewing is mean (anag) (6,7)
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8a
Outer packaging (7)
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9a
Influence (5)
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10a
White tissue under the peel of citrus fruit (4)
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11a
Grateful expression (5,3)
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13a
Guilty (6)
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14a
Greek island where Odysseus was king (6)
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17a
Person paying (8)
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19a
Counterspy (4)
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21a
Skilled (5)
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22a
Not serious (7)
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24a
Thawing of icy relations (13)
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1d
Woodcutter (3)
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2d
American novelist, author of The Age of Innocence, d. 1937 (7)
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3d
Back of the neck (4)
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4d
Waterlogged (6)
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5d
Funfair stall knock-offs? (8)
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6d
Piano key? (5)
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7d
VIP's attendants (9)
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10d
Child's buggy (9)
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12d
Train from London to Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam (8)
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15d
Turn into a fine spray (7)
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16d
Fast — wild (6)
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18d
Brush up — look for bugs (5)
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20d
Bird of prey — spinnaker (informal) (4)
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23d
Permit (3)