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1a
Friendly (6)
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4a
Not recognised (6)
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9a
Embassy staffer (7)
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10a
Lavishly praise or boast about (something) (5)
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11a
(Briefly) famous person (5)
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12a
Cause concern (7)
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13a
In the main – Stanley lies (anag) (11)
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18a
Memory loss (7)
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20a
Canvas support? (5)
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22a
Pipe or rose (a not e) (5)
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23a
New World marsupial (7)
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24a
Funeral address (6)
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25a
In fact (6)
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1d
Uncertain (6)
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2d
Up to (5)
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3d
Morbid (7)
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5d
At no time (5)
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6d
Extraordinary (7)
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7d
Copes (financially, say) (4,2)
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8d
Guilty party (11)
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14d
Solar timepiece (7)
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15d
Colourless, fruity-smelling solvent (7)
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16d
Speak quickly and incoherently – like geese? (6)
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17d
That’s shocking! (6)
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19d
Unconcerned gesture (5)
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21d
Plant fibre used to make rope and rugs (5)