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1a
One who achieved a state of perfect enlightenment, d. c.483 BC (6)
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4a
Spend (time in prison) (5)
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7a
American fraudster who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, d. in prison 2021 (6)
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8a
Cook gently in liquid below boiling point (6)
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9a
Burrowing shellfish (4)
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10a
A selection made purely at random (5,3)
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12a
Property specialist — negate taste (anag) (6,5)
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17a
US state (with a creeper?) (8)
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19a
Wish (4)
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20a
Kind of Swiss clock? (6)
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21a
Swoop (on) (6)
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22a
Camping canvas (5)
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23a
Chaste — valets (anag) (6)
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1d
Raised bumps for reading (7)
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2d
Weak and ineffectual person (7)
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3d
Pretentious (informal) (9)
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4d
Superficially impressive (5)
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5d
Islam's month of fasting (7)
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6d
Continent (6)
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11d
Small sour fruit used for making jam and jelly (4,5)
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13d
Muslim who fought against the Crusaders (7)
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14d
Drain (7)
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15d
Distinctive — normal (7)
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16d
Octave (anag) — wading bird (6)
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18d
Golf clubs (5)
