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5a
Shaman (5,6)
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7a
Five hundred sheets of quality paper (4)
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8a
Sing (to a lover?) (8)
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9a
Prison (informal) (7)
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11a
Native of Mosul? (5)
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13a
Hard close-grained tree with a syrupy sap (5)
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14a
Transparent plastic paint (7)
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16a
Unstoppable rapid decline (4,4)
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17a
Toasting or pitching implement? (4)
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18a
Without any concealment or deception (5,3,3)
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1d
Thing (4)
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2d
Irish spirit (7)
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3d
Forgive me (5)
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4d
Fish with a venomous tail (8)
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5d
Garden carrier (in children's race?) (11)
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6d
Rodent less common than its grey variety in the UK (3,8)
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10d
Dark purple blackberry-like fruit (8)
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12d
Nordic country (7)
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15d
Small flower (on a chain?) (5)
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17d
Bubbles (4)