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1
a
Pompous talk (4)
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3
a
Embarrassed and lacking self-confidence (8)
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8
a
Skin spots (informal) (4)
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9
a
Broad (8)
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11
a
Breakfast cooker? (6,4)
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14
a
Awkward and inexperienced youth (6)
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15
a
Fixed number of lines forming a unit of a poem (6)
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17
a
Device for freezing water (3,7)
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20
a
Highest point (8)
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21
a
Rend (4)
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22
a
Think deeply (8)
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23
a
Stage (4)
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1
d
Stock term rendered meaningless by endless repetition (8)
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2
d
Catastrophe that cannot be insured against (3,2,3)
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4
d
50th US state (6)
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5
d
Visual communication? (3,7)
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6
d
Long-legged wader (4)
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7
d
__ and kisses (4)
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10
d
Unaccompanied church music sung in unison — a ninth clap (anag) (10)
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12
d
Circuitous (8)
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13
d
Casually mention famous people you know to impress your audience (8)
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16
d
Lucky charm (6)
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18
d
Heroic and long (4)
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19
d
Close-fitting (4)