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1a
Something that's partly good and partly bad (7,3)
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7a
Herb (7)
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8a
Stony substance that forms reefs in warm seas (5)
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10a
Stupefied (informal) (4)
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11a
Pre-prandial drink (8)
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13a
Portable computer (6)
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15a
Project for viewing — conceal from harm (6)
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17a
Balderdash (8)
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18a
Wind instrument (4)
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21a
Military blockade (5)
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22a
Fine porcelain with delicate colourings made in Saxony (7)
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23a
Pirates' ensign (5,5)
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1d
Of poor quality (5)
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2d
Thoroughfare (4)
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3d
Group of touring performers (6)
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4d
Novelty sporting competition — arc cakes (anag) (4,4)
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5d
Instrument for execution by strangulation once used in Spain (7)
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6d
Blonde fairy tale protagonist (10)
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9d
French fabulist, d. 1695 (2,8)
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12d
Canada's second largest city (8)
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14d
Medicine which has no physiological effect (7)
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16d
Food store (6)
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19d
Below (5)
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20d
Mass of ice floating in the sea (4)