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Quick 17068 - 18 January 2025 - for the Guardian
Across
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Cummerbund, for example (4)
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Move hurriedly – render unintelligible (8)
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Lady’s bedchamber (7)
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Complies with (5)
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Pervade (5)
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Rectifies (6)
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Representation of the correlation between experience and proficiency (8,5)
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Chilled drink (3,3)
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Iota – free-for-all (5)
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Bury (5)
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Express complete confidence in (5,2)
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Overconfident (8)
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Gin flavourer (4)
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On-screen translation (8)
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Firework, disappointing when damp (5)
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Opening act (7-6)
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Charged battery component (5)
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Mixing machine (7)
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A walk in the park, perhaps (4)
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Situation in which people express fulsome mutual praise (4-2)
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Beginner (8)
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Practising self-denial (7)
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Nut (6)
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Doughnut-like shape (5)
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Opposite of urban (5)
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Metallic element and essential trace mineral (4)