Crossword

Adequate space to manoeuvre (5,4)

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Across

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Adequate space to manoeuvre (5,4)

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Leave out (4)

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Somnambulate (9)

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Lip, brink (4)

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Chief impact (5)

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Procedure (6)

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Friendly and cheerful (6)

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Force, oblige (6)

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Bemoan, mourn (6)

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Large crow (5)

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Associate, confederate (4)

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Exaggeration, overstatement (9)

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Nervously irritable (4)

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Fiancee (5-2-2)

Down

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Temporary interval of calm (4)

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Portent (4)

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Recognition of achievement (6)

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Rectangular figure (6)

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Elaborate, embellish (9)

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Motivate (9)

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Thin, wasted (9)

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Study of word origins (9)

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Pugilist (5)

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Native of a southern US state (5)

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Solicitor (6)

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Folk tale (6)

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Adjoin (4)

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Smooth-talking, plausible (4)