QUICK CLUES

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Black bird (5) Turf (5) Rodent (3) Injury (6) Twosome (4) Finish (3) Former Soviet republic (7) 15 Esteem (7) 18 Chum (3) 19 Close (4) 20 Exert (6) 23 Plaything (3) 24 Brown shade of old photographs (5) 25 Lukewarm (5) 1 4 7 9 11 12 13

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Diversions (3,8) Age (3) Scold (3) Anew (5) Aerodynamic (11) Rip (4) Insane (3) Playing card (3) Assembled (3) Pointy (5) Group of actors (4) 18 Vegetable (3) 21 Add up (3) 22 Grain used in

bread (3) 1 2 3 5 6 8 10 13

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