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8 Meat stew (6) 9 Difficulty (8) 10 Condemnatory (8) 11 Be filled with wonder (6) 12 Minor adjustment (5) 13 Small amphibian (4) 14 Detailed description (4) 16 Orator (7) 18 Take up (7) 20 Ability to think (4) 21 Duelling sword (4) 22 Culpability (5) 25 Fighting (6) 27 To fail to achieve a desired effect (4,4) 28 Scottish mountain (3,5) 29 Mountain chain (6)

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1 Small, single-wheeled cart (6) 2 Illegal goods (10) 3 Supply (5) 4 Area of London (7) 5 Playwright (9) 6 Russian ruler (4) 7 Similarity (8) 14 Retail thief (10) 15 Faulty (9) 17 Captive (8) 19 Capital city of Northern Ireland (7) 23 Insufficient (6) 24 Partially melted snow (5) 26 Crooked (4)