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1
a
Pleasingly concise (5,3,5)
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8
a
Shock (4)
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9
a
Lazybones (8)
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10
a
One provides loans using personal possessions as security (10)
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12
a
Knocked into shape (6)
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14
a
Gather together to talk privately (6)
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15
a
Those at the bottom of an organisation (10)
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19
a
St Peter’s in Vatican City, for instance (8)
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20
a
Excessively French? (4)
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21
a
One may start (or end) a quotation (8,5)
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2
d
(In) trouble (3,5)
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3
d
Row (3-2)
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4
d
Loser (4-3)
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5
d
Lush (5)
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6
d
Put money on it (7)
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7
d
Get (what’s due to one) (4)
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11
d
Opportunity to air one’s views (8)
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13
d
E.g. Latin (anag) – slogan (3,4)
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14
d
Old man (7)
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16
d
Hollywood elite, for instance (1,4)
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17
d
Top (5)
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18
d
Open wide (4)
