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1
a
Skewer for party food (8,5)
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8
a
Fruit-growing area (7)
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9
a
Silent and out of sight (5)
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10
a
___ Dunn, author of Up the Junction (1963) (4)
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11
a
Fragile exterior (not to be walked on!) (8)
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13
a
Follow secretly (6)
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14
a
Pointless — ineffective (2,4)
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17
a
Tree-related (8)
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19
a
Present (4)
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21
a
Cultivated (5)
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22
a
Sell illegally produced products (7)
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24
a
It's the story of my life! (13)
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1
d
Speak lovingly (3)
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2
d
Virgin martyr, patron saint of music, killed c. AD 230 (7)
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3
d
Species of duck (4)
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4
d
Blue dye (6)
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5
d
Not the main event (8)
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6
d
(Fire)place (5)
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7
d
Information (9)
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10
d
Lost again (anag) — hankering for the past (9)
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12
d
Opener — Dr No book (anag) (8)
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15
d
Coincide to some extent (7)
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16
d
Hollow-stemmed tropical grass (6)
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18
d
(Encourage)ment (5)
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20
d
Serve a drink (4)
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23
d
Rope used to secure a tent (3)