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1a
Slanted (4-5)
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8a
Soothsayer (4)
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9a
In confidence (9)
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10a
Make up a (political?) story (4)
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13a
Intense (5)
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15a
Derivation (6)
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16a
Coup d'état (6)
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17a
Severe reprimand (6)
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19a
City on Lac Léman, headquarters of the Red Cross (6)
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20a
Weapon with a blade (5)
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21a
Walk out (4)
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24a
Post receptacle (9)
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25a
Leave the stage (4)
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26a
Bootlicker (9)
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2d
Stone between pavement and road (4)
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3d
Hand signal (4)
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4d
It secures a woman's headgear (6)
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5d
Shot in the arm (6)
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6d
One dealing with boring paperwork (3-6)
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7d
Affecting the windpipe (9)
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11d
Familiar moniker — quiet orbs (anag) (9)
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12d
Mark over, under or through a letter (9)
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13d
Emotional feelings experienced instinctively (5)
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14d
Fooled (5)
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18d
Like well-off people in the countryside with an interest in horses, dogs etc? (6)
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19d
Got rot (anag) (6)
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22d
Patronising — impish (4)
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23d
Natural satellite of a planet (4)
