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1
a
Explanation for how it all began (3,4,6)
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8
a
Monopoly property – decent weather this month? (7)
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9
a
Front, butt or pistol (5)
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10
a
Conspiracy (4)
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11
a
To horses (anag) – dummies – cough sweets (8)
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13
a
Street, glass or ticket (3-3)
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14
a
Tall, silky-haired dog (6)
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17
a
Taken into account (2,3,3)
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19
a
Perform in the street for money (4)
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21
a
Urge forward (5)
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22
a
Count out at night generally? (7)
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24
a
World’s largest drop of water, by some measure (8,5)
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1
d
Unsatisfactory (as in a deal) (3)
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2
d
Tent securer – for bloke? (3-4)
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3
d
Open, but not entirely (4)
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4
d
___ Bennett (‘Good heavens!’) (6)
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5
d
Appeal to umpire (4,4)
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6
d
Bizarre (5)
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7
d
Benchmark (9)
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10
d
Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf (9)
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12
d
Brown line in London (8)
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15
d
Not common (7)
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16
d
Indira or Mahatma (6)
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18
d
Subject (5)
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20
d
Troublesome fuss (4)
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23
d
Donkey (3)
