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1a
Books on wheels? (6,7)
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8a
Groom's sidekick (4,3)
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9a
One looking after the needs of others (5)
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10a
French bread (4)
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11a
Airborne weapons (8)
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13a
Be a success (3,3)
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14a
One from Kathmandu (6)
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17a
Poetry (of a kind!) (8)
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19a
Heavy tool with a wooden handle and a curved iron head, pointed at both ends (4)
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21a
Duck (5)
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22a
Way of writing overseas (7)
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24a
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (3,3,7)
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1d
Criminal organisation (3)
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2d
Citadel (7)
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3d
Light source (4)
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4d
Dahl ingredient (6)
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5d
Free of charge (informal) (8)
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6d
___ Come She Will, 1965 Paul Simon song (5)
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7d
Measure used for comparison (9)
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10d
Wishful thinking (4,5)
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12d
Self-critical conscience — eg poseur (anag) (8)
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15d
Hero whose magic words 'Open Sesame' found the way into the forty thieves' cave (3,4)
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16d
Exact (6)
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18d
Stuck together (5)
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20d
Arguments in favour (4)
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23d
Assume a horizontal position (3)