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1a
Someone to bounce ideas off (8,5)
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8a
So-called (7)
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9a
(Under the) protection (5)
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10a
Puff – a bit of tobacco (4)
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11a
Move like Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (3,5)
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13a
Act (6)
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14a
Go for it (3,3)
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17a
Lacking confidence (8)
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19a
Industrial region in western Germany (4)
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21a
A lot of fuss (3-2)
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22a
Alive (7)
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24a
Deserving censure (13)
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1d
Drunk (3)
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2d
Falsehood (7)
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3d
In the proper fashion (4)
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4d
Ordinary (6)
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5d
Box-fresh (5-3)
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6d
Noble gas, used in Geiger counters (5)
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7d
Viral disease affecting dogs and other animals (9)
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10d
William Randolph Hearst, for instance (9)
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12d
Clear out (8)
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15d
Actors say it when pretending to chat (7)
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16d
Source of lubrication (6)
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18d
Pry (5)
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20d
One’s not a hit (4)
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23d
Open it and see (3)