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1
a
Books on wheels? (6,7)
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8
a
Groom's sidekick (4,3)
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9
a
One looking after the needs of others (5)
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10
a
French bread (4)
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11
a
Airborne weapons (8)
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13
a
Be a success (3,3)
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14
a
One from Kathmandu (6)
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17
a
Poetry (of a kind!) (8)
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19
a
Heavy tool with a wooden handle and a curved iron head, pointed at both ends (4)
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21
a
Duck (5)
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22
a
Way of writing overseas (7)
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24
a
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (3,3,7)
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1
d
Criminal organisation (3)
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2
d
Citadel (7)
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3
d
Light source (4)
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4
d
Dahl ingredient (6)
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5
d
Free of charge (informal) (8)
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6
d
___ Come She Will, 1965 Paul Simon song (5)
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7
d
Measure used for comparison (9)
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10
d
Wishful thinking (4,5)
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12
d
Self-critical conscience — eg poseur (anag) (8)
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15
d
Hero whose magic words 'Open Sesame' found the way into the forty thieves' cave (3,4)
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16
d
Exact (6)
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18
d
Stuck together (5)
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20
d
Arguments in favour (4)
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23
d
Assume a horizontal position (3)