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1
a
Powerful — stringy (6)
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4
a
German playwright, author of Mother Courage and Her Children, d. 1956 (6)
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9
a
African country — ruin dub (anag) (7)
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10
a
Administered corporal punishment (5)
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11
a
Bottomless chasm (5)
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12
a
It's impossible to see without one! (7)
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13
a
Buffet-style meal (11)
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18
a
Type of quadrilateral (7)
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20
a
Nothing (5)
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22
a
Dislike intensely (5)
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23
a
Affair (7)
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24
a
Minutes for a football match (not counting stoppages or extra time) (6)
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25
a
Repulsive (6)
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1
d
Passage underground (6)
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2
d
Excitable (5)
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3
d
A royal house (7)
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5
d
Explore — scout (informal) (5)
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6
d
Man with a body like a horse? (7)
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7
d
Little — squiffy (6)
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8
d
Buried container for future discovery (4,7)
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14
d
Mainly black aquatic rail (7)
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15
d
Most common UK bird of prey (7)
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16
d
Take into holy orders (6)
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17
d
Cheers (6)
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19
d
Exploded (5)
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21
d
Horse-catching rope (5)