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1a
Timekeeper (9)
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8a
Serious player? (4)
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9a
Computer background (9)
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10a
Stunning achievement – perhaps military? (4)
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13a
Not long (5)
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15a
Ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac (6)
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16a
Solemnly declares (6)
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17a
Acid produced by exercise (6)
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19a
Charge (6)
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20a
All ____ the Watchtower, 1967 Bob Dylan song (5)
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21a
Checkout (4)
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24a
Speared vegetable (9)
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25a
Strip of old wall? (4)
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26a
Woodland home? (4,5)
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2d
People who work and play together (4)
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3d
Influence (4)
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4d
Lack of interest (6)
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5d
Toast – US sitcom (6)
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6d
Car or gun (9)
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7d
MOT copies (anag) – made of different parts (9)
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11d
Polite chitchat (5,4)
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12d
Protect with a vaccine (9)
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13d
Pigment derived from cuttlefish (5)
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14d
Pluck a guitar string (5)
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18d
More intimate (6)
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19d
Natural (6)
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22d
One way to stop a fight? (4)
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23d
Timid type (4)
