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1a
Make them before leaving (7)
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8a
Use it to secure locks? (7)
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9a
When to rest (7)
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10a
Crested ground-nesting bird (7)
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11a
Sea snail (5)
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13a
Boringly similar (9)
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15a
Section of text (9)
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18a
What birds do at 9 (5)
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21a
Express derision (5)
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22a
Experienced individual (3,4)
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23a
Mrs Hinch, for example (7)
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24a
Parker or Wordsworth? (7)
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1d
Grease, room or patch? (5)
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2d
Get something for nothing (5)
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3d
Obstacle to negotiations (8,5)
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4d
Postpone (plans) (6)
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5d
Motorcycle messenger (8,5)
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6d
Rise (6)
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7d
Gawain or Galahad? (6)
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12d
Skirt or hoop? (4)
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14d
___ Murdoch, novelist died 1999 (4)
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15d
Create an opening (6)
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16d
Fried (or grilled) slice (6)
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17d
Provide (6)
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19d
Bridget Riley’s work, for instance (2,3)
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20d
Any time before midnight (5)