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1
a
Right to vote in an election (9)
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8
a
Author of nonsense poems and limericks, d. 1888 (4)
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9
a
Elasticated band for fastening hair (9)
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10
a
Very hard wood (4)
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13
a
Capital of Ecuador (5)
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15
a
Darjeeling holder? (6)
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16
a
Repulsive (6)
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17
a
Wonderful (6)
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19
a
Hack (abbr) (6)
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20
a
Islam's holy book (5)
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21
a
Blink — shut-eye? (4)
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24
a
Farm worker (one who has lunch?) (9)
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25
a
Time taken for a specified planet to go round the sun (4)
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26
a
Surgery (9)
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2
d
Framework (4)
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3
d
Naming word (4)
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4
d
Reflex spasm of the diaphragm, producing a gulping sound (6)
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5
d
Asian religion — no hits (anag) (6)
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6
d
Person one detests — ie not beer (anag) (4,5)
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7
d
Restraint used to slow a wheel's rotation (5,4)
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11
d
People who hide on board, hoping not to pay for the trip (9)
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12
d
Someone from Dar es Salaam? (9)
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13
d
Oddity (5)
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14
d
Largest UK cinema chain (5)
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18
d
Small measure of semi-solid food (6)
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19
d
Car — cat (6)
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22
d
Seal(ed) (4)
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23
d
Othello's nemesis (4)