1 Jewish festival celebrating the Exodus (variant spelling) (7)
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Speedy 1212 - 23 December 2018 - for the Guardian
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Jewish festival celebrating the Exodus (variant spelling) (7)
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Formerly a gold coin of various European countries (5)
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Took the initiative (6,3,4)
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Big-headedness; self-image (3)
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Small spit or skewer: French kebab (9)
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Beat; trick (6)
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Makes right (6)
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Name once applied to oriental colonies, trading countries (3,6)
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Agent (3)
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Bothersome annoying person (4,2,3,4)
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Covered single-seated carrying chair (5)
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Pertaining to the killing of one's parent (of the same sex) to possess the other (7)
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Bolivia's legal capital; Ecuador's former currency (5)
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The ---- -- --- ----, adventure novel by Jack London (1903) (4,2,3,4)
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Excessive (9)
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Storage for a particular fashion item (6)
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Rivers of the same name in Scotland and England (3)
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Enumerating imaginary animals in an attempt to overcome insomnia (8,5)
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Greek hero of legend who killed the Minotaur (7)
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Extended house and estate (often of a farm) (9)
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Tentacled cephalopod (7)
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French informal restaurant (6)
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Country bumpkin; hick (5)
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Auberge or tavern (3)