Crossword

Friendly (6)

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Across

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Friendly (6)

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Not recognised (6)

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Embassy staffer (7)

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Lavishly praise or boast about (something) (5)

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(Briefly) famous person (5)

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Cause concern (7)

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In the main – Stanley lies (anag) (11)

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Memory loss (7)

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Canvas support? (5)

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Pipe or rose (a not e) (5)

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New World marsupial (7)

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Funeral address (6)

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In fact (6)

Down

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Uncertain (6)

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Up to (5)

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Morbid (7)

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At no time (5)

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Extraordinary (7)

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Copes (financially, say) (4,2)

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Guilty party (11)

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Solar timepiece (7)

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Colourless, fruity-smelling solvent (7)

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Speak quickly and incoherently – like geese? (6)

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That’s shocking! (6)

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Unconcerned gesture (5)

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Plant fibre used to make rope and rugs (5)