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Across
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Nick hugs Maria, mostly a good person (9)
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Chocolate producer from a hundred with a gong in 23? (5,5)
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You're a loser, says European partner (9)
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Backstreet securing triumph for Jedward? (5)
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Underwear market surrounded by paramilitary force (6)
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Protection from Philistine's beginning to massacre harmony (8)
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Somewhat reactionary cabinet is bewildered by something in cyberspace (7)
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Fish supplement pawned? (7)
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See 11
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Motto may be 'to consume a type of fruit' (6)
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Anonymous 10 could be in range (5,9)
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Cliff top, with a fair easterly breeze, as a place to eat? (9)
Down
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Confusion as naughty 11 embraces outgoing youth (6)
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Functional study shows copper deposit in thick skin (8)
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Decisive assessment essential in disputed titles (6,4)
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One takes charge of contraceptive method used on Tina Turner (7)
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Naturalist appearing in calendar — WI, naturally! (6)
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It's not gross to be into witchcraft, it's attractive (8)
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A memo to NHS unusually features politician and actor (4,8)
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Essentially deny the dance being revamped and improved (8)
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See 3
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It's cruel indeed to be humiliated (8)
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Rabbits OK to evolve into kangaroos (7)
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Cutting room ultimately in the red (6)
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Kind of town Hollywood is giving silent treatment (6)
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Reporter of fiction here with gang (6)