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1a
Essential part (4)
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3a
Scheme to unfairly incriminate someone (6-2)
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9a
One has no prospect of success (2-5)
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10a
Sharp bend (5)
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11a
Chilling (5)
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12a
Quirk (6)
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14a
Like an illness caused by e.g. stress (13)
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17a
Lessens (6)
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19a
Sound (5)
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22a
Narcotic to which Marx likened religion (5)
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23a
Competitor (7)
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24a
Plan (8)
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25a
Metallic element used to make brass (4)
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1d
Disdain (8)
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2d
Escort (5)
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4d
Kind of cat or butterfly (13)
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5d
Material favoured by academics and farmers (5)
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6d
Environment (7)
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7d
Chess piece which can be promoted (4)
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8d
Communicative faculty (6)
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13d
Comprising various elements of different kinds (8)
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15d
Rowdy and violent (7)
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16d
Diminutive (6)
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18d
Retiring (5)
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20d
Inhabitant of Fallujah or Kirkuk (5)
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21d
<span>Scottish region – character in </span><i>Friends</i> (4)