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1a
Martial art (4,2)
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4a
Clear and bright (6)
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8a
Not as many (5)
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9a
Small vegetable, pickled whole (7)
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10a
State of heightened activity (7)
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11a
Iconic mental representation (sometimes spitting?) (5)
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12a
Excessively critical person (3-6)
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17a
Manufacturer (5)
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19a
To be played quickly and with liveliness (7)
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21a
Merciful — net line (anag) (7)
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22a
Adjust a little bit (5)
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23a
To tape (anag) (6)
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24a
Elegant and formal (6)
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1d
Garment with sleeves reaching down to the ankles, worn by men in the Middle East (6)
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2d
Stevenage, Crawley or Hatfield, for example (3,4)
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3d
School classes (5)
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5d
Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky) (3,4)
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6d
Indian word for proper or genuine (5)
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7d
US Democrat Party symbol (6)
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9d
Gad about (9)
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13d
Underwater weapon (7)
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14d
Go backwards (7)
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15d
Talisman (6)
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16d
Game played with sticks (6)
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18d
African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages (5)
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20d
Afterwards (5)
