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Speedy 1194 - 19 August 2018 - for the Guardian
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Richard Hannay novel (1916) from John Buchan, sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps (11)
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Vigilant, always watchful (7)
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Russian country villa, maybe in the 20 (5)
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Directs one's attention on something: tiny openings in the skin (5)
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Beach area of Rio de Janeiro (7)
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Swimming, floating (6)
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Zig-zag on skis (6)
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Composer of the opera The Barber of Seville (7)
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Russian mountains separating Europe from Asia (5)
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Parts of speech – proper, collective, verbal, etc (5)
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Fear-led (anag) (7)
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Training technique, acting out a particular part (11)
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In geometry, a problem based on a theorem (5)
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American writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) (7)
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In golf, the historic predecessor of a five iron (6)
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----- Comaneci, Romanian-born gymnast (5)
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Milk-like, milky (7)
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Fetter expediently (4,2,5)
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Mixture of spices – coriander, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, chillies, etc – used in Indian dishes (5,6)
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Roman battle formation with shields linked as one (7)
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Washing of clothes (7)
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Alexandre Gustave ------, French engineer (1832-1923) (6)
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Edition: give out (5)
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Fringe stage (5)