Crossword

In shock (13)

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Across

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In shock (13)

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Speculative behaviour (7)

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Rationale (5)

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Very thin (4)

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Hidden (8)

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Book pages (6)

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It’s a tip (6)

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Desire (8)

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Manicurist’s tool (4)

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Play it slowly (5)

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Inundated (7)

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Study of fossils (13)

Down

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Old watch chain (3)

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Insect’s super-sensitive part (7)

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Find two on a wicket (4)

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Fixed (an election, say) (6)

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Having a bad reaction to something (8)

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Mean – and drunk (5)

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Moral decline (9)

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Bungled dive (5,4)

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Tall plant support (8)

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Before (5,2)

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Strongly urge (6)

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T S Eliot’s cruellest month (5)

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Local ____, 1983 Bill Forsyth film (4)

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Vote against the motion (3)