Crossword

Platitude, commonplace comment (6)

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Across

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Platitude, commonplace comment (6)

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Outcast, pariah (5)

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Attractively unusual (6)

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Punch repeatedly (6)

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Debatable (4)

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Desperate (8)

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Drunken Roman celebrations (11)

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Social response to a sneeze (5,3)

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In proximity (4)

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Develop gradually (6)

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Fire or light warning (6)

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Take an oath (5)

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Main route (6)

Down

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Unit of electrical charge (7)

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Stupid (7)

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Go to bed (3,3,3)

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Parasitic insect (5)

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City buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (7)

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Piquant sauce (6)

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Bank card identifier (3,6)

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Asounding (7)

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Direct descent, pedigree (7)

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Comparison, relationship (7)

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Preoccupy (6)

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Break off (5)