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Glance is started off to look like a spiritual being (7)
Lists of facts concerned with sound of harmonic tones (7)
Type of fishing net would hinder free action (7)
Knight has poor mail that still looks much the same (7)
Hopes to have tall tapering structure as seen outside (7)
Warms by rubbing hard in small restaurants (6)
Something used for drawing coarse textile fibre (6)
Design with a light touch on a seabird
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Stops from proceeding to be badly stained (7)
Damaged a keg with ale showing the amount escaping (7)
One final reason for acting with strong feelings (7)
Deter a lot finally being upset when tended the ill (7)
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Searching investigation (5) Entice (8) Able to bear cold (5) Memento (8) Dried corn stalks (5) Submit (3) In every detail (2,1,3) To some extent (2,1,3) Joke (3)
Brusque in speech (5) Economic collapse (8) Indistinct (5)
Strenuous exertion (8)
Brink (5)
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A crop is produced in unimaginative way (7)
Little rascal’s confidence trick on a person (5)
Preliminary event before duel arranged (7)
Cooked rat, say, is right off course (6) Firmly clutch good abrading instrument (5)
Hard hit victims of sucking fish (7) Starts crew using lot left silent as selects the best stock (5)
Set in motion a motion you finally took in (7)
Minor quarrel sends cur into action (7) Press workers are chaps following all directions (7)
Certainly in action (6)
The one steering has ratio symbol left to return (5)
Canter around without right to make the rule (5)
Paddle-like organ is seen as the conclusion (5)
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Opposition to progress (8) Dishonesty (3,5) Entirely (2,4) Dulled by weariness (5) Great pain (5) Cheerful (5) Entreat (3) Toupee (3) Legitimate prey (4,4)
Widely spread (3-5)
In addition (2,4)
Shatter violently (5)
Dazzling light (5)
Old saying (5)
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What is the inability to sleep (8)
To be cutting with the teeth, is to be doing what (6)
Name a very young bird (8)
What is a large loose hooded cloak (6) Name a male singing voice (8) Name a western European republic (6) What is an indication of probable evil to come (6)
What is a wheeled vehicle for conveying people (8)
Which term describes a choice (6) What might we call one who emphasises (8)
To have gained by labour, is to have done what (6)
What is the art of climbing mountains (8)
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Which term implies “having two poles” (7)
Who is a member of a state or nation (7)
To be of low character, is to be what (7) Name a large two-toed flightless bird (7)
To be harmful, injurious or noxious, is to be what (7)
To make larger, is to do what (7) Which plant is cultivated for its handsome drooping flowers (7)
Name a journey travelled by plane (3,4)
Which colour is deep purplish red (7) What is a statement embodying something to be proved (7)
What is ecstatic joy or delight (7) Name a social worker attached to a hospital (7)
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