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1
a
Stout (6)
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4
a
Rain cloud (6)
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9
a
Hopeless feeling (7)
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10
a
Tubular pasta (5)
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11
a
Sheer (5)
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12
a
Knife for the end of a rifle (7)
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13
a
No-frills (11)
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18
a
Busy (2,3,2)
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20
a
Means of mass communication (5)
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22
a
Hybrid beasts of burden (5)
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23
a
Overshadow (7)
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24
a
Adage (6)
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25
a
Complimentary (6)
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1
d
Peppery root vegetable (6)
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2
d
Tack — abets (anag) (5)
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3
d
Knife used in dissection (7)
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5
d
Hint (5)
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6
d
Windfall (7)
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7
d
Carry out an investigation (6)
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8
d
Bin operator (anag) — one's working on a trial basis (11)
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14
d
Altogether (7)
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15
d
Kind of rose (7)
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16
d
Universe (6)
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17
d
Documentation (6)
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19
d
Cathedral city of North Rhine-Westphalia, seat of the Krupp industrial dynasty (5)
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21
d
Storage facility (5)