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1
a
Too near one's own situation for comfort (5,2,4)
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9
a
Playhouse performing a regular stock of works (9)
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10
a
Expected (3)
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11
a
Shut up (5)
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13
a
Outstanding — star-like (7)
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14
a
Speak highly of (6)
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15
a
Directionless (6)
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18
a
Share — chanter (anag) (7)
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20
a
Deadly (5)
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21
a
Dram (3)
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22
a
Snow slip (9)
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24
a
Interminable (5-6)
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2
d
Single circuit of a track (3)
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3
d
Paces — trousers (7)
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4
d
Maoist (anag) — Chinese religion (6)
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5
d
English astronomer who rejected the "Big Bang" theory of the origins of the universe, d. 2001 (5)
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6
d
Prizewinner (9)
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7
d
Done without careful consideration (11)
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8
d
Cloth cap (for a hunter?) (11)
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12
d
Warranty (9)
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16
d
Swindle (7)
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17
d
Vandalise (6)
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19
d
Short-lived fashion (5)
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23
d
Is able (3)
