Across
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Citizen of a Caribbean republic (9)
8
'Support' player in rugby (4)
9
Paleozoic fossil with a three-part exoskeleton (9)
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Imperial dynasty of China, 1279-1368 (4)
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Largest city of the Loire valley (6)
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First month of the Jewish calendar (6)
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Ugly mischievous villain of folklore (6)
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Untidy; incongruously varied in type (6)
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Hand tool for boring holes (5)
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Name shared by two Greek heroes at Troy (4)
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Of a report not based on facts (9)
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Large water jug with a wide mouth (4)
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Decorating; adorning (9)
Down
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Affectations of superiority (4,3,6)
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Dubiously-required double protection (4,3,6)
4
Makes one's first public appearance (6)
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Reprimanded; required to explain conduct (7,2,4)
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Telling a long, far-fetched story (8,1,4)
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Blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish (5)
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Of a node, marking or lesion of the lung (5)
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Subtle difference; nicety (6)