27a Improving ponderous maid’s way of working (5,8)
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24a Hedonistic, absorbed by awfully scary bit (9)
3d Explains how Lucie got mixed up over appointments (10)
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7d Mountain cat returning, after a fruit (8)
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17d Used for making judgement without doubting information initially, became non-believer (8)
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19d Singular shout about beard being too thin (7)
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