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  1. 5 a Fine — 1971 David Bowie album (5-4; 5,4)
  2. 8 a Slope connecting two levels (4)
  3. 9 a 19th-century establishment serving drug users (5,3)
  4. 10 a Performer (6)
  5. 11 a Without a struggle (6)
  6. 13 a First-born (6)
  7. 15 a Inform (6)
  8. 16 a Venting of emotion (8)
  9. 18 a Highest quality (4)
  10. 19 a An overdue (anag) — attempt (9)
  11. 1 d Unanticipated occurrence (8)
  12. 2 d Live from day to day with hardship (3,3)
  13. 3 d Counsel (6)
  14. 4 d Pack to capacity (4)
  15. 6 d Chatty (9)
  16. 7 d Sea creatures with stinging tentacles (9)
  17. 12 d Begin (3,5)
  18. 14 d Event that fails badly (6)
  19. 15 d The Return of the ___ , 1878 Thomas Hardy novel (6)
  20. 17 d Bete noire (4)

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