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1 Sloping reading desk (7) 5 Shove (4) 7 Pitch (3) 8 Woman’s under-bodice (8) 9 Measuring stick (5) 10 Weaving apparatus (4) 13 Narrow road (4) 14 Corrode (4) 18 Suffering pain (4) 19 Eggbeater (5) 21 Large passenger plane (8) 22 Be indebted to (3) 23 Let it stand (4) 24 Slim (7)

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1 Associated with formal writing (8) 2 Sloppy (8) 3 Repeat performance (6) 4 That is to say (6) 5 Handgun (6) 6 Underside of the foot (4) 11 Many and various (8) 12 Ties, scarves, etc. (8) 15 Lavatory (6) 16 Mr Skinner, MP (6) 17 Divert from a straight course (6) 20 Slimming plan (4) 0904 470 1070.