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1 Husbands or

wives (7) 5 Hardens (4)

7 Aged (3) 8 Outer (8)

9 Stay clear of (5) 10 Dutch cheese (4) 13 Small burrowing

mammal (4) 14 Annoys (4) 18 Hare’s tail (4) 19 Greenfly, for

example (5) 21 Nudism (8) 22 Top card (3) 23 __ Waterman, record producer (4) 24 Breathes out (7)

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1 Country whose capital is Bratislava (8) 2 Mismatched hosiery

items (3,5) 3 Stable (6)

4 Sofa (6) 5 Small river (6) 6 Loathsome person (4) 11 Postpone work on (8) 12 People who interfere (8) 15 Of or from Liverpool (6) 16 Industrial protest (6) 17 Mild heat (6) 20 Story (4)