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1 Passage selected from a larger work (7)

5 Die down (7)

9 Sudden unreasoning terror (5)

10 Herb (9)

11 Ornamental pendant light (10)

12 Read quickly (4) 14 Gradually develop (6) 16 Yellow or white-flowered bulb (7)

19 Vocation, task (7) 20 Large wine bottle (6) 23 Tidy (4)

24 Ardent supporter or devotee (10)

27 Pen (9)

28 Household fireplace (5) 29 Hick, yokel (7)

30 Slight illness (7)

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1 Anticipated (8)

2 Single-file dance (5) 3 Habitual criminal (10) 4 Titillate (6)

5 Engineer who determines boundaries (8)

6 Ray of light (4) 7 Inauguration, installation (9)

8 Straying from the right course (6)

13 Lying in the tropics (10) 15 Government by the few (9)

17 Flummox (8)

18 Powerless (8)

21 Snarl, tangle (6)

22 Itchy skin condition (6) 25 Quarrel (5)

26 Jab (4)