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1a
Apt to bite (6)
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4a
Long-legged shorebird with a slender upward-curving bill (6)
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9a
Small four-stringed guitar (7)
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10a
Tights material (5)
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11a
Drug-free (informal) (5)
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12a
Outdo (7)
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13a
Advance (11)
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18a
Portable charcoal-burning brazier with a grill for cooking (7)
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20a
Nigel (anag) (5)
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22a
Disgrace resulting from detestable behaviour (5)
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23a
Not properly cared for (7)
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24a
Come on, spill the beans! (2,4)
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25a
Requiring immediate attention (6)
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1d
Plaster for walls and ceilings (6)
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2d
Divert (5)
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3d
Old German penny, one hundredth of a pre-€ Deutschmark (7)
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5d
Gramophone records (5)
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6d
Sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years — a sly cop (anag) (7)
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7d
Oil-carrying vessel (6)
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8d
Harmful to living things — our tide eels (anag) (11)
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14d
Constructed again (7)
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15d
Very difficult task (informal) (7)
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16d
Cover — hide (6)
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17d
Seven similar things considered as a unit (6)
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19d
A horse designed by a committee? (5)
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21d
A putt in golf from so close to the hole that your opponent concedes it to you (5)