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1a
Nips – little children (4)
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3a
Get near (8)
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8a
First-rate (1-3)
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9a
Click (3,2,3)
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11a
Close calls (4,6)
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14a
Nuts about this sweet? (6)
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15a
Light touch (6)
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17a
I lent Carol (anag) – insect repellent (10)
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20a
One chews the cud (8)
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21a
Mountain lake (4)
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22a
Comical poetry (8)
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23a
Bit of earth (4)
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1d
Puppy or potty? (8)
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2d
Where alcohol’s under lock and key (8)
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4d
Fastidious (6)
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5d
Cowboy’s fake sparkler (10)
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6d
Excited (4)
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7d
Fit of pique (4)
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10d
Eagerness – at mince pie (anag) (10)
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12d
Reading aloud of names (4,4)
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13d
Held up – or banged up (8)
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16d
Squirm with embarrassment (6)
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18d
Reminder (4)
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19d
Pleased with oneself (4)
