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1
a
Menacing (8)
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5
a
Secular (4)
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9
a
Dromedary (5)
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10
a
Ramshackle (2,5)
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11
a
It keeps hair oil off the back of a chair (12)
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13
a
Nabokov's nymphet (6)
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14
a
Swiss house with sloping roof and wide eaves (6)
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17
a
Went from bad to worse (12)
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20
a
(Of time) passed (7)
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21
a
Audibly (5)
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22
a
Architect of Buckingham Palace, d. 1835 (4)
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23
a
Car on end (anag) — artillery (8)
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1
d
Dissenting clique (4)
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2
d
In name only (7)
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3
d
Concern for number one (4-8)
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4
d
Hebrew prophet who rebuked Ahab and Jezebel (6)
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6
d
First sign of the zodiac (5)
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7
d
Male singer operated on before puberty to retain his soprano voice (8)
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8
d
Relax after a crisis (7,5)
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12
d
Beat repeatedly with a heavy object (8)
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15
d
Now idle (anag) — short rest (3-4)
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16
d
Give thought to (6)
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18
d
Golf course hazards (5)
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19
d
Not in active use (4)