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1a
Slight (7)
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8a
Gradual decline (7)
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9a
Shade of pink tinged with yellow (7)
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10a
Simple and natural (7)
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11a
The 'silent' Marx brother (5)
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13a
Remedied (9)
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15a
A dog hunts (anag) (9)
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18a
City on the Missouri River, founded in 1854 and known as the 'Gateway to the West' (5)
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21a
Light-fingered folk (7)
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22a
Sudden forceful flow (7)
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23a
Collector of wild fungi, berries etc (7)
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24a
Facilitated (7)
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1d
Cut deeply (5)
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2d
Mistake (5)
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3d
Pasternak novel (6,7)
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4d
Delay (6)
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5d
Essex resort on the Thames estuary (8-2-3)
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6d
Exe and Wye, say (but not Zed) (6)
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7d
Idle (6)
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12d
Mother's sister (4)
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14d
Engrave (4)
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15d
Cause to explode (3,3)
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16d
Where birds are kept (6)
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17d
Doubtful (6)
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19d
A 30-day month (5)
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20d
In the future (5)