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1
a
Martial art (4,2)
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4
a
Clear and bright (6)
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8
a
Not as many (5)
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9
a
Small vegetable, pickled whole (7)
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10
a
State of heightened activity (7)
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11
a
Iconic mental representation (sometimes spitting?) (5)
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12
a
Excessively critical person (3-6)
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17
a
Manufacturer (5)
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19
a
To be played quickly and with liveliness (7)
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21
a
Merciful — net line (anag) (7)
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22
a
Adjust a little bit (5)
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23
a
To tape (anag) (6)
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24
a
Elegant and formal (6)
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1
d
Garment with sleeves reaching down to the ankles, worn by men in the Middle East (6)
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2
d
Stevenage, Crawley or Hatfield, for example (3,4)
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3
d
School classes (5)
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5
d
Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky) (3,4)
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6
d
Indian word for proper or genuine (5)
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7
d
US Democrat Party symbol (6)
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9
d
Gad about (9)
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13
d
Underwater weapon (7)
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14
d
Go backwards (7)
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15
d
Talisman (6)
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16
d
Game played with sticks (6)
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18
d
African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages (5)
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20
d
Afterwards (5)