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1. Large bearlike mammal

(5) 6. Stage (5)

9. Dishonourable (7)

10. Employment (5)

11. Star sign (5) 12. Processed meat (5)

13. Traversed (7)

15. So or thus (3)

17. Adjoin (4)

18. Suture, informally (6)

19. Quarrel (5)

20. Gratify (6) 22. Lubricates (4)

24. Knight’s title (3)

25. Breastbone (7)

26. Donates (5)

27. Guide (5) 28. Exhilarate (5)

29. Irritates (7)

30. Foreign (5)

31. Horizontal (5)

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2. Soak up (6)

3. Assimilate mentally (6)

4. Generation (3)

5. Not hollow (5)

6. Pacify (7)

7. This place (4)

8. Picturesque (6)

12. Unit of length (5)

13. Tented areas (5)

14. External (5)

15. Beer mug (5)

16. Abyss (5)

18. Is fit or appropriate for (5)

19. Headache tablet (7)

21. Beam above a door (6)

22. Otherwise (2,4)

23. Sheen (6)

25. Grasslike plant (5)

26. Hereditary unit (4)

28. Fish (3)