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- 1Hair fastener (4)
- 3Graduate gets a mark for being a bad influence on others (3,5)
- 9Seldom-heard Rachmaninov piece once popular in Greece (7)
- 10Jury requires penal reform (5)
- 11Reveal clever cover-up of ingot badly positioned by learner (5,2,5)
- 13Attacks first person seen in turbulent waters (6)
- 15French dear takes a second drink (6)
- 17Cain apt to die, somehow, by execution (12)
- 20Note irritation at frequently dropped letter (5)
- 21Drop out from the competition with a slight injury (7)
- 22Lack of fear on jumping in the raging Severn (2,6)
- 23Step over the animals (4)
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- 1 Hair fastener (4)
- 3 Graduate gets a mark for being a bad influence on others (3,5)
- 9 Seldom-heard Rachmaninov piece once popular in Greece (7)
- 10 Jury requires penal reform (5)
- 11 Reveal clever cover-up of ingot badly positioned by learner (5,2,5)
- 13 Attacks first person seen in turbulent waters (6)
- 15 French dear takes a second drink (6)
- 17 Cain apt to die, somehow, by execution (12)
- 20 Note irritation at frequently dropped letter (5)
- 21 Drop out from the competition with a slight injury (7)
- 22 Lack of fear on jumping in the raging Severn (2,6)
- 23 Step over the animals (4)
DOWN
- 1Insect, badly shaken, I find on the street (8)
- 2Garment I wore to see the animal (5)
- 4Aggressive woman has to moan about the dictionary's limitations (6)
- 5The para hit me out of building (12)
- 6Drinks an actor pulls (7)
- 7Fish are caught somewhere else (4)
- 8Somehow he forged that film about the Mafia (3,9)
- 12Herbs can be gathered from parts of a tree (8)
- 14Quiet break on the way to find a Lancashire town (7)
- 16Sit down girl and have a hanky (6)
- 18/19Mostly overboard (2,3,4)
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- 1 Insect, badly shaken, I find on the street (8)
- 2 Garment I wore to see the animal (5)
- 4 Aggressive woman has to moan about the dictionary's limitations (6)
- 5 The para hit me out of building (12)
- 6 Drinks an actor pulls (7)
- 7 Fish are caught somewhere else (4)
- 8 Somehow he forged that film about the Mafia (3,9)
- 12 Herbs can be gathered from parts of a tree (8)
- 14 Quiet break on the way to find a Lancashire town (7)
- 16 Sit down girl and have a hanky (6)
- 18/19 Mostly overboard (2,3,4)
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