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1
a
Worst — as good as can be (4)
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3
a
Probably (1,4,3)
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9
a
Food fish (3,4)
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10
a
Small medicine bottle (5)
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11
a
Faithful (5)
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12
a
Be a sign of (6)
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14
a
Force the person responsible to explain what happened (4,2,7)
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17
a
Stress on a syllable (6)
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19
a
Gangway (5)
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22
a
Possessed (5)
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23
a
Risk-taker (7)
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24
a
Exciting adventure (8)
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25
a
Glorify (4)
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1
d
Large place of worship (8)
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2
d
Frightening (5)
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4
d
Socially deprived (13)
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5
d
Come to maturity (5)
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6
d
Chinese dog similar to a Pekingese (4-3)
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7
d
Christmas (4)
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8
d
Thoroughly unreliable person (3,3)
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13
d
Alfred the Great's brother and predecessor, d. 871 — the elder (anag) (8)
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15
d
Conical (anag) — brief and to the point (7)
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16
d
Unpleasantly damp and sticky (6)
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18
d
Find oneself eventually (3,2)
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20
d
Spicy Mexican sauce (5)
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21
d
Warning cry by a golfer (4)
