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1a
Sprat or Sparrow? (4)
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3a
Bun spice (8)
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9a
One fails to keep up (7)
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10a
One's not in a mainstream religion (5)
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11a
Sheriff's men (5)
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12a
Common expression (6)
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14a
Highly unusual (13)
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17a
Colourless fluid part of blood (6)
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19a
Y is sometimes considered one (5)
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22a
Deceitful (5)
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23a
Temporary (7)
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24a
Ponder (8)
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25a
Spiteful (4)
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1d
Old bangers (8)
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2d
Irritating substance used to temporarily incapacitate (2,3)
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4d
Diarist insult (anag) – tycoon (13)
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5d
Cold (5)
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6d
One of the base shades used in four-colour printing (7)
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7d
Office worker's traditional start time (4)
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8d
Recording device (6)
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13d
Perennial flowering plant which grows from a tuber (8)
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15d
Revealing (7)
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16d
Give it to a guest (6)
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18d
(A) lot (5)
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20d
Not so well (5)
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21d
Group (of countries) sharing common goals (4)
