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Speedy 1265 - 29 December 2019 - for the Guardian
Across
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Slow Italian music and dance in 3/4 time (11)
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Avoid; circumvent (5)
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HD -------, US essayist and poet (1817-62) (7)
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Gamble, betting the sum at stake in an attempt to win back that previously lost (6,2,5)
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Commonest ore of lead (6)
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Basque or Spanish racquet-ball-wall game (6)
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Taking into account (7,2,4)
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Sent message with a click (1-6)
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Enigma Variations composer (5)
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In tennis, a stroke hit beyond the lateral reach of an opponent (7,4)
Down
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Normally; in general (2,5)
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Scottish archipelago, chief town Lerwick (8,5)
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Large lemon-like fruit (6)
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Affectionate nickname for Elizabeth I (4,5,4)
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Ancient British tribe ruled by Queen Boudicca (5)
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Play by Henrik Ibsen (1891) (5,6)
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Falling short of some prescribed norm (11)
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Because of (5,2)
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1970s war in a desert area of Ethiopia disputed by Somalia (6)
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Small terrestrial Old World lizard (5)