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1
a
Medical condition caused by harmful bacteria in the blood (6)
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4
a
Darker area (6)
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8
a
Pale purple (5)
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9
a
Diameter of a gun barrel (7)
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10
a
___ Lawson, cook (7)
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11
a
American handbag — boxer's prize (5)
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12
a
Flooded field for growing food-producing swamp grass (4,5)
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17
a
Eight musicians as a group (5)
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19
a
Region of south-west France between the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees (7)
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21
a
With no duty (3-4)
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22
a
Like the moon (5)
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23
a
Exhausted (6)
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24
a
Host city for the 1896 Olympics (6)
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1
d
Signoret, de Beauvoir or Weil? (6)
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2
d
One taking a dive (7)
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3
d
Perfect in every way (5)
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5
d
Adelphi (anag) — landing place (7)
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6
d
Suspend (5)
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7
d
Frankfurter (6)
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9
d
Pale cream colour — map change (anag) (9)
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13
d
Exclusive inner circle (7)
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14
d
Cameroon's capital (7)
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15
d
Spanish conquistador who toppled Montezuma, 1519 (6)
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16
d
Mediterranean island country (6)
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18
d
Poison (5)
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20
d
Cut down the middle (5)
