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  1. 5 a Booby prize (6,5)
  2. 7 a Of a dull greenish-brown colour (4)
  3. 8 a Acquiring knowledge (8)
  4. 9 a Absent from work because of illness (3,4)
  5. 11 a Courted (5)
  6. 13 a Old coin worth four pence (5)
  7. 14 a From Valletta, perhaps (7)
  8. 16 a Bamboozle (8)
  9. 17 a Male — something that stops here? (4)
  10. 18 a Unpleasant (11)
  11. 1 d Search thoroughly (4)
  12. 2 d Marital state (7)
  13. 3 d Customary (5)
  14. 4 d Discovered (5,3)
  15. 5 d Verbatim (4,3,4)
  16. 6 d Ridiculous (11)
  17. 10 d Slipshod (8)
  18. 12 d Trading places (7)
  19. 15 d Backless couch (5)
  20. 17 d Enthusiast (4)

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