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1a
Comfortable (2,4)
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4a
Increase (4,2)
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8a
Like a bird (5)
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9a
Edible shellfish, source of mother-of-pearl (7)
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10a
Specific — fast (7)
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11a
Stimulates (5)
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12a
Of course (9)
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17a
Charles ___ , Italian-born American bodybuilder, d. 1972 (5)
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19a
Prohibited (7)
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21a
Refuse container (7)
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22a
High-pitched woodwind instrument (5)
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23a
Live (6)
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24a
Evergreen shrub with glossy fragrant leaves (6)
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1d
Agog (6)
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2d
Extremely sharp bend (7)
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3d
Minister's home (5)
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5d
Weepy (7)
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6d
Ask searching questions (5)
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7d
Polite request (6)
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9d
Arson site (anag) — unproven claim (9)
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13d
Place for looking at engines, say, under trying conditions? (4,3)
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14d
Basis of labneh and lassi (7)
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15d
Drift from place to place (6)
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16d
Woolly coat (6)
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18d
Jousting arena (5)
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20d
Exalted (5)
