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1a
Church seating (4)
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3a
Talk in a casual and friendly way (8)
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8a
Deserve (4)
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9a
Turning sharply to one side (8)
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11a
Dickens's last unfinished novel (5,5)
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14a
Dress (6)
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15a
Cook briefly in boiling water (6)
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17a
Kind of lottery (10)
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20a
American singer-songwriter, b. 1986 (4,4)
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21a
Antipodean — fruit (4)
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22a
Be idle and accomplish nothing (8)
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23a
Advance very gradually (4)
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1d
Giving a false appearance (8)
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2d
Bitter-tasting plant used to flavour absinthe (8)
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4d
Chicken — playwright (6)
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5d
Approximately (4,2,4)
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6d
Miss — neglect (4)
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7d
Advance very gradually (4)
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10d
Off the bottle? (2,3,5)
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12d
Unwelcome intrusion (8)
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13d
Shamefaced (8)
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16d
Stone or kilogram, say (6)
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18d
In addition (4)
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19d
Thought (4)
