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1a
Skip school (4,6)
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7a
Without disruption (7)
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8a
Pea family plant cultivated for silage or as fodder (5)
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10a
Nifty (4)
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11a
Legal (8)
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13a
Socialist (informally) (6)
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15a
Peak (6)
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17a
Collection of exercises for students (8)
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18a
'Wherefore art ___ Romeo?' (Juliet) (4)
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21a
Adjust again (5)
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22a
Crush completely (informal) (7)
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23a
By comparison (10)
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1d
City setting for The Taming of the Shrew (5)
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2d
Speculative (4)
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3d
Experiment (3,3)
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4d
Not expressed (8)
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5d
Woven barrier (7)
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6d
Shade of blue — clown or ref (anag) (10)
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9d
Deceptive statements (4-6)
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12d
Bread — bait a cat (anag) (8)
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14d
Predict (7)
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16d
Art of growing dwarf plants (6)
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19d
With many ups and downs? (5)
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20d
Backless footwear (4)