1 Strong-tasting Japanese plant (6)
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Quick 16812 - 25 March 2024 - for the Guardian
Across
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Strong-tasting Japanese plant (6)
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Go up (6)
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Smooth, lustrous fabric (7)
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Useful quality (5)
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Stockpile (3,2)
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Entreat (7)
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An attempted deception by telling the truth (6,5)
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Filled pasta parcels (7)
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Power (5)
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Well dressed (5)
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Was gluttonous (7)
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American wildcat (6)
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Record player needle (6)
Down
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___ and daub (6)
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A sentimental or weak person (5)
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Hostelry which makes its own beer (7)
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Skin on the head (5)
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Reduce the intensity (4,3)
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Act uncertainly (6)
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Attractive film star (7,4)
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Prevent (7)
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Luminous (7)
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Fast (of a musical tempo) (6)
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Hellenic capital (6)
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Trump (5)
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Cup used at the Last Supper (5)