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5a
Brief and intensive training (5,6)
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7a
Gamete (4)
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8a
Turn over in one's mind (8)
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9a
Made more fit for purpose (7)
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11a
Shish or doner, say (5)
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13a
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, d. 1924 (5)
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14a
Legal proceeding (7)
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16a
Climbing plant — as I'm Celt (anag) (8)
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17a
Wild party (4)
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18a
Follower of Haile Selassie (11)
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1d
Something soothing (4)
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2d
Vetted (7)
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3d
Plump (5)
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4d
Feet (informal) — Del and Rodney? (8)
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5d
Troglodyte (4,7)
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6d
High grade olive oil (5,6)
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10d
Most prissy (8)
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12d
Chocolate confection with a caramel and nougat filling (4,3)
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15d
Water vapour (5)
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17d
One-eyed Norse god of war and death (4)