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A country between Burma & Liberia and as far away as Timbuktu (4)
8. Not content with traction engine here (7)
9. A country you may want to go to (4)
10. Goes off to Minorca around Tuesday. How exotic (8)
11. Sounds like the producer of preserves lives here (7)
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15. I believe it was a Roman doctrine (5)
17. Style of trouser worn by the jazz enthusiast (7)
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21. Name in France ID is required for (4)
23. It goes out with the wind (3,4)
24. Some people launch adventures from here (4)
25. The number of Afghani negotiators (4)
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2. Some give a good account of going toward (4)
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4. As cigar is altered it is now to do with mushrooms (7)
5. See 16
6. The way things are done in the country house reportedly (6)
7. A lithium and titanium portal, Sue (8)
12. Rubs hair away with it (on paper) (3-5)
14. 6 has the answer (7)
16/5. Portland mud converted for the 45th (6,5)
18. A place where teens wed endearingly I see (6)
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22. Here there is no dam, Miranda (4)
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1. Reportedly the purchase was OK but got around it (8)
7. Bit I used for architectural theme (5)
8. Suggest that it is a fraudulent message (7)
9. Discerned discovery at long leg, I blended in the background (7)
10. Back up to starting price reversed for the offspring (4)
12. Chuck. Chuck in the air (5,2)
14. Stop being loose a drunken chicken reportedly (7)
17. Rules out east but will cast aspersions (4)
18. Intending to convey the sense (7)
21. The springiness is bad to put forth (4,3)
22. Blood donor sea captain was partly an ancient Scandinavian (5)
23. It occurred when the torrent left the department store (8)
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2. It is on a table and will make a small sound and smell (4,4)
3. Sort of boat Mo had in Russia (4)
4. I allowed, so to speak, a buttonhole (6)
5. Return from the small town with food (4)
6. Yield when the 22ac (4,2)
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11. Tedious change that is not indoors ... (7)
13. ... but a boring result (4,4)
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15. There is no gold in the chicken (6)
16. Toy with the cake (6)
19. A western railway that is crooked (4)
20. Egg seen in France in the chant (4)