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1a
Writer’s right to take liberties (6,7)
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8a
Small lump, e.g. of butter (4)
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9a
Signal that danger has passed (3,5)
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10a
Unworldly academic’s dwelling? (5,5)
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12a
Small quake (6)
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14a
Roman emperor (6)
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15a
Suspenseful (4-6)
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19a
The ___ table (8)
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20a
Cunning (4)
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21a
<span>Politically unscrupulous, as in </span><i>The Prince</i> (13)
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2d
Consumer of plants and animals (8)
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3d
Potato, say (5)
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4d
Part of a book (7)
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5d
Relative by marriage (2-3)
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6d
Blow up (7)
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7d
Show appreciation of (4)
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11d
Tree which may have white or pink flowers (8)
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13d
Masculine (7)
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14d
Small, walled-off part of a room (7)
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16d
Location of Lucknow and Bhopal (5)
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17d
It gets wetter as it dries (5)
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18d
Queen of the Olympian gods (4)