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1a
Powerful — stringy (6)
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4a
German playwright, author of Mother Courage and Her Children, d. 1956 (6)
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9a
African country — ruin dub (anag) (7)
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10a
Administered corporal punishment (5)
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11a
Bottomless chasm (5)
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12a
It's impossible to see without one! (7)
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13a
Buffet-style meal (11)
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18a
Type of quadrilateral (7)
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20a
Nothing (5)
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22a
Dislike intensely (5)
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23a
Affair (7)
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24a
Minutes for a football match (not counting stoppages or extra time) (6)
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25a
Repulsive (6)
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1d
Passage underground (6)
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2d
Excitable (5)
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3d
A royal house (7)
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5d
Explore — scout (informal) (5)
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6d
Man with a body like a horse? (7)
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7d
Little — squiffy (6)
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8d
Buried container for future discovery (4,7)
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14d
Mainly black aquatic rail (7)
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15d
Most common UK bird of prey (7)
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16d
Take into holy orders (6)
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17d
Cheers (6)
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19d
Exploded (5)
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21d
Horse-catching rope (5)
