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5a
Fine — 1971 David Bowie album (5-4; 5,4)
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8a
Slope connecting two levels (4)
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9a
19th-century establishment serving drug users (5,3)
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10a
Performer (6)
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11a
Without a struggle (6)
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13a
First-born (6)
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15a
Inform (6)
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16a
Venting of emotion (8)
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18a
Highest quality (4)
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19a
An overdue (anag) — attempt (9)
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1d
Unanticipated occurrence (8)
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2d
Live from day to day with hardship (3,3)
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3d
Counsel (6)
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4d
Pack to capacity (4)
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6d
Chatty (9)
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7d
Sea creatures with stinging tentacles (9)
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12d
Begin (3,5)
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14d
Event that fails badly (6)
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15d
The Return of the ___ , 1878 Thomas Hardy novel (6)
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17d
Bete noire (4)