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1a
Bowl, bath or pan (4)
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3a
Taken in (8)
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9a
Flat-bladed kitchen utensil (7)
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10a
Fallible (5)
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11a
Lacking originality (5)
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12a
Vehement (6)
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14a
Dishonest, but legal, business methods (5,8)
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17a
Anticlimactic change in tone (6)
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19a
First performance (5)
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22a
Salad or sandwich ingredient (5)
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23a
Unsophisticated (7)
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24a
Deadly individual (8)
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25a
Similar (to) (4)
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1d
Tell (someone) they’re mistaken (8)
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2d
Dye (5)
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4d
Absolute farce (anag) – it shows how the wind blows (8,5)
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5d
Different (5)
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6d
Italian youngsters (7)
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7d
It’s a deal! (4)
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8d
At capacity (4,2)
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13d
Throw overboard (8)
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15d
One’s unpaid (7)
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16d
Military or police trainees (6)
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18d
Urgency (5)
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20d
Bit of luck (5)
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21d
Surface impurities (4)