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1a
In shock (13)
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8a
Speculative behaviour (7)
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9a
Rationale (5)
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10a
Very thin (4)
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11a
Hidden (8)
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13a
Book pages (6)
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14a
It’s a tip (6)
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17a
Desire (8)
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19a
Manicurist’s tool (4)
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21a
Play it slowly (5)
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22a
Inundated (7)
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24a
Study of fossils (13)
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1d
Old watch chain (3)
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2d
Insect’s super-sensitive part (7)
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3d
Find two on a wicket (4)
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4d
Fixed (an election, say) (6)
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5d
Having a bad reaction to something (8)
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6d
Mean – and drunk (5)
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7d
Moral decline (9)
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10d
Bungled dive (5,4)
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12d
Tall plant support (8)
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15d
Before (5,2)
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16d
Strongly urge (6)
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18d
T S Eliot’s cruellest month (5)
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20d
Local ____, 1983 Bill Forsyth film (4)
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23d
Vote against the motion (3)