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5a
Founder of the Mongol empire, d. 1227 (7,4)
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7a
A good deal (4)
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8a
Comprehend (8)
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9a
US lexicographer — Jacobean playwright (7)
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11a
Decorate (5)
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13a
Furious (5)
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14a
29 February (4,3)
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16a
American aubergine (8)
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17a
Spruce up (4)
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18a
Ordinary soldiers (4,3,4)
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1d
Begrudge (4)
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2d
Something huge (7)
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3d
Seize wrongfully (5)
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4d
Disinfectant used by farmers (5,3)
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5d
One of two nameless, but important, roles in Hamlet, Act V, scene 1 (11)
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6d
Refuse to give up (5,3,3)
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10d
Jumping (with a rope?) (8)
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12d
Groups or sets of seven (7)
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15d
Commonplace (5)
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17d
Tease — nincompoop (4)