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1
a
Burst – éclat – publicise (6)
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4
a
Pétanque (6)
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9
a
Imperial measure of eg a paddock (7)
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10
a
Underwater acronym (5)
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11
a
Make joyous (5)
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12
a
Writer awarded ‘best of all Bookers’ (7)
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13
a
Augment with a scarf and brooch, perhaps (11)
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18
a
Not sedimentary and not metamorphic (7)
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20
a
Inventor claimed by both Croatia and Serbia (5)
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22
a
Hawaiian ‘hello’ (5)
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23
a
Red Sea nation (7)
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24
a
Like some wire and comments (6)
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25
a
Touch with tenderness (6)
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1
d
Like 007’s cocktail (6)
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2
d
Pre-metamorphic creature (5)
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3
d
Not acute, not right and not obtuse (7)
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5
d
Rockers supposedly to reunite for a tour in July 2025 (5)
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6
d
Town associated with the sainted Bernadette (7)
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7
d
Container for salt or cocktails (6)
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8
d
Writer’s side (anag) – witch (5,6)
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14
d
Map marking for eg a hill (7)
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15
d
Nastier (anag) – Greek booze (7)
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16
d
NaHCO3, as it’s known in the kitchen (6)
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17
d
Cross-Channel destination for some (6)
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19
d
Like Humpty Dumpty (5)
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21
d
Slope’s small stones (5)
