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1a
Rotting animal flesh (7)
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8a
Small wind instrument with finger holes (7)
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9a
Concentrate anew (7)
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10a
Type of living environment (7)
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11a
Siren (anag) (5)
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13a
All-consuming (9)
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15a
Elastic hair fastener (9)
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18a
First name of two of the Twelve Apostles (5)
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21a
Erroneously pick up what someone's saying (7)
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22a
Ringo Starr or Charlie Watts, for example (7)
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23a
Coherent (7)
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24a
Optical cleanser (7)
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1d
One who looks after another (5)
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2d
Starched frills round the neck, worn by Elizabethans (5)
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3d
Cause discomfort to (13)
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4d
One who eats enthusiastically (6)
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5d
Condiment — use ace bear cub (anag) (8,5)
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6d
Small restaurant serving wine (6)
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7d
Succulent plant (6)
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12d
What Cantor, Clapton, Idle and, indeed, George Orwell all have in common (4)
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14d
Release (4)
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15d
Figure of speech based on comparisons (6)
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16d
Step down (6)
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17d
Obstacle to be negotiated (6)
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19d
Female parent (informal) (5)
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20d
Side that won the American Civil War (5)
