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1
a
Large crate (7,4)
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9
a
Written agreement between a country and the Vatican (9)
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10
a
Chinese leader, d. 1976 (3)
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11
a
Unfortunately (5)
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13
a
Bitter conflicts (7)
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14
a
Bind firmly together (6)
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15
a
Sultanate in Borneo (6)
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18
a
Remark (7)
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20
a
Longest European river, flowing into the Caspian Sea (5)
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21
a
Monotonous routine (3)
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22
a
Top dog? (6,3)
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24
a
Waste frivolously (7,4)
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2
d
Stiff bristle growing from an ear of barley, for example (3)
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3
d
Indirect or cumulative effect (5-2)
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4
d
Going without clothes (6)
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5
d
Make provision for (5)
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6
d
Meeting between two of the last four still in a knockout competition (4-5)
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7
d
Stiff slip with sections covered by a film to be removed to discover if a prize has been won (7,4)
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8
d
Lacking any interest or creativity — nepotist cad (anag) (11)
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12
d
One's old university or school (4,5)
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16
d
Nice region? (7)
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17
d
Hamper (6)
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19
d
German painter Max, a pioneer of Dada, d. 1976 (5)
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23
d
Egg cells (3)
