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1a
Vegetable of the brassica family with purplish leaves (3,7)
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7a
Put the phone down (4,3)
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8a
More ill-mannered (5)
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10a
Be aware of (4)
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11a
What Greek dolmades are wrapped in (4,4)
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13a
Large black dots in eyes (6)
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15a
Turn from a liquid to a solid (6)
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17a
Fierce fight (when the bell sounds?) (4-4)
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18a
Maori war dance (4)
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21a
French state secondary school (5)
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22a
Having daydreams (7)
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23a
Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord, published 1886 (10)
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1d
The Fab Four's drummer (5)
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2d
It can open (and close!) (4)
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3d
(Being) up to date (2,4)
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4d
Port city on the Garonne in south-west France, a major wine capital (8)
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5d
Manna from heaven! (7)
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6d
Put your foot down here when you want to stop (5,5)
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9d
Place for shooting practice (5,5)
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12d
Batter with a heavy object (8)
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14d
The elusive universal remedy (7)
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16d
Brute (6)
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19d
Cordial relations (5)
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20d
Rain heavily (4)