Crossword

Northern temperate deciduous tree (6)

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Across

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Northern temperate deciduous tree (6)

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Berkshire racecourse (5)

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Light brown: acidic salad leaf (6)

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Penetrate (6)

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Hindu goddess of destruction (4)

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Convert liquid into a spray (8)

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Decisive stroke (4,2,5)

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Unable to distinguish musical pitch (4-4)

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Source of ivory in certain mammals (4)

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Line on a map linking places of the same atmospheric pressure (6)

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Chilled pack applied against injury (3-3)

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Ointment for wounds (5)

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Abject stupidity (6)

Down

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Matter-of-fact; lacking imagination (7)

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Place one frequents; haunt (7)

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Extremely nervous (3,2,4)

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Goodbye, farewell (5)

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Relating to the heart (7)

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Wobble (6)

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Voluble but uninteresting person (3,2,4)

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Action which backfires on one (3,4)

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Decorative style at its height in the 1930s (3,4)

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Seventh heaven (7)

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Itches (anag) (6)

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Curtain; cloak (5)