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1
a
Ridiculous combination of two figures of speech (5,8)
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8
a
Gob (4)
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9
a
Scornfully mocking (8)
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10
a
Unquenchable (10)
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12
a
Yes-man (6)
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14
a
Champagne (informal) (6)
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15
a
Financial security — teeters, say (anag) (4,6)
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19
a
Large church building (8)
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20
a
Early stringed instrument (4)
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21
a
Clean-and-jerk sport (13)
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2
d
Exemption from punishment (8)
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3
d
Additional (5)
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4
d
Projectile (sometimes guided) (7)
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5
d
Palpitate (5)
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6
d
Adage (7)
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7
d
Roman poet, d. about AD17 (4)
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11
d
Lunar occurrence (which almost never happens) (4,4)
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13
d
First — beginning (7)
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14
d
Kind of long-grained rice (7)
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16
d
Canonised person (5)
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17
d
Fasten — engross (5)
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18
d
Open jar for holding flowers (4)
