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1a
Protective panel behind sink or cooker (10)
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7a
Hard feelings (7)
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8a
Durable cotton fabric (5)
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10a
Nourish (4)
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11a
A spinner's delivery? (3,5)
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13a
Paving stone — mend shoes (6)
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15a
Piano (rhyming slang) (6)
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17a
One who sings the praises of another (8)
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18a
Use e-cigarettes (4)
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21a
Taut (5)
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22a
Infuriated (7)
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23a
Scottish queen who fled to England and was executed 1587 (4,6)
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1d
As (5)
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2d
Behold! (4)
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3d
Dissension (6)
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4d
Devastating event (informal) (4,4)
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5d
Anxious feeling (7)
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6d
Skilled (10)
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9d
Atone (4,6)
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12d
A little (8)
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14d
North Italian city, home to the world's oldest university (7)
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16d
Stance (anag) (6)
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19d
Anxiety (5)
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20d
Either of the Bear constellations (Major or Minor) (4)