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1a
Hysterically funny (4-9)
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8a
Perfect example (7)
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9a
It can reduce one to tears (5)
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10a
Make a clean cut (4)
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11a
Quick witty exchanges (8)
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13a
Item with pulling power? (6)
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14a
Reading from the Bible in church (6)
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17a
Overly theatrical (8)
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19a
Helpless — doomed (4)
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21a
Home planet (5)
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22a
Barber's stock-in-trade (7)
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24a
On paper (13)
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1d
Drink (or eat) (3)
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2d
Wendy ___ , Peter Pan's close friend (7)
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3d
Grows slack (4)
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4d
Hang around (6)
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5d
Treacherous (3-5)
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6d
The ___ (1977 Iggy Pop album) (5)
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7d
Crisp round biscuit — eg turning (anag) (6,3)
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10d
About to drop off? (9)
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12d
Figure of speech (sometimes mixed) (8)
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15d
Uncomplaining (7)
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16d
Old soldier's headgear (3,3)
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18d
Unsettling (5)
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20d
Metal used as an anti-rust coating on iron and steel (4)
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23d
Have a bash (3)
