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1 Social blunder (4,3) 5 Section of the body between the ribs and waist (7)

9 Surpass (5)

10 Small area of the retina with no vision (5,4)

11 Not involving violence (10) 12 Pottery oven (4)

14 Against (7)

16 Laborious toil (7) 18 Extremist (7) 20 Community, civilisation (7)

21 Squad (4)

22 Change the time or date (10)

25 Extempore (9) 26 Periodic rises and falls in sea level (5)

27 Country dance (7) 28 Flourish (7)

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1 Infallible (9)

2 Beyond the ordinary (5) 3 Tendency, disposition (10) 4 Quiet, repressed (7) 5 One-piece swimsuit (7) 6 Decorated lower part of an interior wall (4) 7 Incriminate, embroil (9) 8 Japanese sofa bed (5) 13 Major city of northern England (10)

15 Tropical fruit (9)

17 One who is not an expert (9)

19 Depreciate (7) 20 Capitulate (7)

21 Upper leg (5) 23 Excessive, inordinate (5) 24 Company emblem (4)

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