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1a
Not talkative (8)
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5a
Moment (informal) (4)
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9a
Powder from ground pods used as a chocolate substitute (5)
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10a
Calumny (7)
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11a
Spa treatment? (12)
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13a
Adjust an instrument or vehicle (4,2)
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14a
No matter who (6)
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17a
Roundish male (anag) — not eating properly (12)
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20a
In the vanguard (7)
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21a
Subject to (5)
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22a
Killed — a large number (4)
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23a
Closest possible finish (4,4)
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1d
Blood-sucking member of the spider family (4)
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2d
Palaver (5-2)
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3d
Illness that killed John Keats and George Orwell (12)
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4d
Puts instruments and dials back to zero (6)
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6d
A Passage to ___ , 1924 EM Forster novel (5)
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7d
Boat operators (8)
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8d
Unharmed (4,3,5)
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12d
Spur to action (8)
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15d
Past the stipulated time (7)
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16d
Outdoor shoe with a perforated pattern in the leather (6)
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18d
Permission (5)
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19d
Badly-behaved youngster (4)