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1a
Very dirty fighting? (3-9)
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9a
Ring thrown in a game to land on or near an upright peg (5)
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10a
Like a Venetian blind? (7)
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11a
Press (4)
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12a
First thing? (8)
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14a
Gas, O (6)
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15a
Struggle (6)
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18a
San Francisco prison, once holding a Birdman? (8)
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20a
Run away as fast as possible (4)
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22a
Type that slopes (7)
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23a
Dobson, Ekberg or Roddick (5)
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24a
Poem for the young (7,5)
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2d
Study of alien aviation? (7)
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3d
Electrical power unit (4)
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4d
London rail terminus (6)
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5d
Cheers! (5,3)
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6d
Bury (5)
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7d
Degenerate rapidly (2,4,3,3)
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8d
Use of intentionally vague language (12)
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13d
Straddle (the No 1 horse?) (8)
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16d
Hercule Poirot's homeland (7)
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17d
Boggy (6)
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19d
Professorial position? (5)
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21d
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