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1
a
Ready to eat (4)
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3
a
Small celestial body (8)
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8
a
Olive ___ – dreary (4)
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9
a
Rudeness (anag) (3,5)
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11
a
Vessel in the cold – conversation starter (10)
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14
a
Seventh ___ (6)
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15
a
Bread brand – agile (6)
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17
a
Means of access to a tree house, e.g. (4,6)
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20
a
The Greek one has 24 letters (8)
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21
a
Sports item thrown from behind an oche (4)
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22
a
Languid – unlike Santa? (8)
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23
a
Protection for inhabitants of high chairs (4)
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1
d
It means ‘stop’ (3,5)
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2
d
It goes between crockery and table(cloth) (5,3)
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4
d
American writer Susan, 1933–2004 (6)
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5
d
Promoting unity among branches of Christianity (10)
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6
d
It may bode good or evil (4)
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7
d
Where a newsreader sits (4)
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10
d
Mêlée (4-3-3)
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12
d
Largest UAE emirate (3,5)
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13
d
Accumulated debris (8)
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16
d
Dido’s love, for a spell (6)
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18
d
Grey, Marshal or Wessex (4)
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19
d
Mimics (4)