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1a
Hot wind blowing north across the Mediterranean (7)
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8a
Take in — convert into money (7)
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9a
Exhibiting confidence (7)
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10a
Deep down (2,5)
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11a
Breathes noisily (5)
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13a
Provisional — hesitant (9)
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15a
City on the Tyne (9)
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18a
Hitch-hiking requirements? (5)
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21a
Somerset village above a gorge (7)
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22a
Gourmet (7)
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23a
Relief in time of distress (7)
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24a
Confessed (5,2)
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1d
Low land that floods (5)
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2d
Increased (5)
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3d
New Look designer, d. 1957 (9,4)
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4d
Issue an instruction that must be obeyed (6)
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5d
Cunning, scheming and unscrupulous (13)
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6d
Festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs (6)
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7d
One of the Fab Four? (6)
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12d
Pinnacle of achievement (4)
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14d
SI unit of electric potential (4)
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15d
Insect (anag) (6)
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16d
Pitiful person (6)
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17d
Spanish bullfighter (6)
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19d
Establish (5)
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20d
Get some shut-eye (5)
