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1a
Strong-tasting Japanese plant (6)
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4a
Go up (6)
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9a
Smooth, lustrous fabric (7)
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10a
Useful quality (5)
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11a
Stockpile (3,2)
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12a
Entreat (7)
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13a
An attempted deception by telling the truth (6,5)
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18a
Filled pasta parcels (7)
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20a
Power (5)
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22a
Well dressed (5)
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23a
Was gluttonous (7)
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24a
American wildcat (6)
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25a
Record player needle (6)
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1d
___ and daub (6)
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2d
A sentimental or weak person (5)
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3d
Hostelry which makes its own beer (7)
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5d
Skin on the head (5)
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6d
Reduce the intensity (4,3)
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7d
Act uncertainly (6)
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8d
Attractive film star (7,4)
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14d
Prevent (7)
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15d
Luminous (7)
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16d
Fast (of a musical tempo) (6)
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17d
Hellenic capital (6)
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19d
Trump (5)
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21d
Cup used at the Last Supper (5)