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1a
Expectation of failure (9)
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8a
Food intake (4)
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9a
Internecine conflicts (5,4)
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10a
Sound of something small falling into water (4)
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13a
Dress up (5)
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15a
Optimistic (6)
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16a
Fertiliser deriving from potassium (6)
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17a
Quite (6)
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19a
Wilful damager of another's property (6)
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20a
Interior design scheme (5)
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21a
It's made of horsehair (4)
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24a
Newspaper's leader? (9)
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25a
Metropolis (4)
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26a
Closeness (9)
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2d
The Odyssey, for instance (4)
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3d
Iniquity (4)
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4d
Stymie (6)
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5d
Steal apples from a tree on private land (6)
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6d
Indoor ball game (9)
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7d
Partner's offspring (9)
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11d
Dominant position (9)
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12d
Intransigent — beat it, son (anag) (9)
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13d
Walked up and down (5)
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14d
Opposite, bear or expedition? (5)
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18d
Apply cement or plaster to a wall (6)
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19d
Maelstrom (6)
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22d
Forbidding (4)
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23d
Forest tree nuts used as feed for swine (4)
