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1
a
Steak cut from between the ribs (9)
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8
a
Therefore (4)
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9
a
Reggae singer, guitarist and songwriter, d. 1981 (3,6)
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10
a
Retained (4)
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13
a
Beginning (5)
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15
a
About 3,500,000 square miles of Africa (6)
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16
a
Team sport, informally (6)
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17
a
Sir Frederick __ , choreographer, d. 1988 (6)
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19
a
Predicament (6)
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20
a
Blue-blooded (5)
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21
a
Head (slang) — be a slacker (4)
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24
a
Finished (9)
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25
a
Native wit (4)
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26
a
Toiletry product (9)
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2
d
Gas — light (4)
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3
d
City not built in a day (4)
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4
d
Ring round the sun or moon (6)
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5
d
Sway, as if about to fall (6)
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6
d
Variety of plum (9)
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7
d
Postgraduate degree (9)
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11
d
Attacker (9)
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12
d
Mexican state — breed of dog (9)
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13
d
Synthetic acrylic fibre (5)
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14
d
Fine net fabric (5)
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18
d
Like a dead parrot? (2,4)
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19
d
Situated (6)
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22
d
Soft regional accent (4)
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23
d
Spiteful — excellent (slang) (4)