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1
a
Almost impossible to comprehend (4-8)
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9
a
Logo — pattern (5)
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10
a
Shipment from A to B (7)
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11
a
Deliberately have no contact with (4)
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12
a
Finnish capital (8)
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14
a
Largest city in Syria before the massive damage of the civil war (6)
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15
a
Cherry brandy (6)
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18
a
Republican's US rival (8)
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20
a
Recognised leader in some field (4)
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22
a
Admonish (7)
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23
a
Short coat (5)
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24
a
Swimming style (12)
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2
d
Stick one's nose in (7)
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3
d
Pudding — useless — Homer Simpson's kind of beer (4)
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4
d
Start (6)
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5
d
Leather from nanny or billy? (8)
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6
d
Author of The Master Builder, d. 1906 (5)
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7
d
Kind of financial proposal with no realistic chance of success (3-4-5)
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8
d
Style of robbery through a broken display window (5-3-4)
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13
d
Deceptively pleasing (8)
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16
d
Soviet satellite, launched 1957 (7)
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17
d
Stroke gently (6)
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19
d
Tree providing Canada's national emblem (5)
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21
d
A night light? (4)