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1a
Nitwit (5,5)
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7a
Remove the fastenings from (7)
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8a
Smallish, colourful songbird (5)
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10a
Twilight (4)
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11a
Bright red mineral – ran cabin (anag.) (8)
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13a
Attractive house, in adspeak (3,3)
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15a
Somnolent (6)
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17a
Hallucinatory, altered state of mind (8)
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18a
Language, source of ‘khaki’ and ‘purdah’ (4)
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21a
Roughneck (5)
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22a
Complicated geometrical figure or pattern (7)
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23a
Minuscule (5-5)
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1d
Dismisses (5)
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2d
Pb (4)
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3d
Affluent young banker, e.g. (6)
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4d
Foot soldiers (8)
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5d
Medieval weapon (7)
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6d
Old-fashioned person (5-5)
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9d
Loud commotion (5-5)
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12d
Erode (4,4)
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14d
As salt is in water (7)
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16d
Hearty laugh (6)
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19d
Irritable (5)
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20d
Roué (4)
