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1
a
Not talkative (8)
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5
a
Moment (informal) (4)
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9
a
Powder from ground pods used as a chocolate substitute (5)
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10
a
Calumny (7)
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11
a
Spa treatment? (12)
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13
a
Adjust an instrument or vehicle (4,2)
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14
a
No matter who (6)
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17
a
Roundish male (anag) — not eating properly (12)
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20
a
In the vanguard (7)
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21
a
Subject to (5)
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22
a
Killed — a large number (4)
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23
a
Closest possible finish (4,4)
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1
d
Blood-sucking member of the spider family (4)
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2
d
Palaver (5-2)
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3
d
Illness that killed John Keats and George Orwell (12)
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4
d
Puts instruments and dials back to zero (6)
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6
d
A Passage to ___ , 1924 EM Forster novel (5)
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7
d
Boat operators (8)
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8
d
Unharmed (4,3,5)
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12
d
Spur to action (8)
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15
d
Past the stipulated time (7)
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16
d
Outdoor shoe with a perforated pattern in the leather (6)
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18
d
Permission (5)
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19
d
Badly-behaved youngster (4)
