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1
a
Grit sweeper on? (anag) — it makes driving easier (5,8)
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8
a
Sincere — humourless (7)
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9
a
Tree with orange-red berry-like fruits (5)
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10
a
Peak (4)
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11
a
Savaged (4,4)
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13
a
Hergé's adventurous young Belgian reporter (6)
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14
a
Put the ball in the net (6)
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17
a
Branch of mathematics (8)
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19
a
Substance taker (4)
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21
a
Excuse (5)
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22
a
Treating badly (7)
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24
a
In a lackadaisical fashion (4-9)
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1
d
Fruit or meat dish (3)
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2
d
Labourer (7)
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3
d
Regrets (4)
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4
d
Italian painter of the Venetian school, patronised by Philip II of Spain (6)
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5
d
Wife of Orpheus (8)
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6
d
From Des Moines? (5)
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7
d
Explosive invented in 9th-century China (9)
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10
d
Signature (9)
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12
d
Accompaniment at mealtime (4,4)
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15
d
Quash (7)
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16
d
Misprints in a book (6)
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18
d
Type of bay window (5)
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20
d
Sculpture — ruined (4)
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23
d
Writer of The Beggar's Opera (3)
