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1
a
Lowered area between stage and audience (9,3)
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9
a
Way beyond the norm (5)
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10
a
Affinity (7)
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11
a
Dingy (4)
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12
a
Melancholy (8)
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14
a
Involve (6)
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15
a
Autocrat (6)
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18
a
Someone who interprets or explains (8)
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20
a
Get anxious (4)
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22
a
Digging deep (7)
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23
a
Learner (5)
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24
a
Spies working for more than one side (6,6)
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2
d
Withdraw (7)
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3
d
Prank (4)
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4
d
Homily (6)
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5
d
News hound (8)
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6
d
Verification (5)
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7
d
Gossip (6-6)
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8
d
Confused (6-6)
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13
d
Every second year (8)
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16
d
Low wall around a balcony (7)
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17
d
Riddle (6)
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19
d
Rice dish cooked with meat, fish or vegetables etc (5)
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21
d
East end of a church, containing the altar (4)