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5 Dwarf ornamental tree (6)
9 Unknown (8)
10 It skins potatoes (6)
12 Tale (5)
13 Attracting (9)
14 A type of rhododendron (6)
16 Frying pan (7)
19 Caustic (7)
21 Penalize (6)
23 Rascal (9)
25 Vassal (5)
26 Alluring charm (6)
27 Combat vessels (8)
28 Split (6)
29 Powerfully (8)
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1 Citizen of Denmark (6)
2 Hoodwink (9)
3 At Christmas, it decks the halls (5)
4 The bark of a buckthorn (7)
6 Surgical procedure (9)
7 Ragout (5)
8 Supply water for crops (8)
11 Monkeys (4)
15 Slanderous (9)
17 Decreasing (9)
18 Knockwursts (8)
20 Bovines (4)
21 A spectacular ceremony (7)
22 A pullover shirt (6)
24 Afloat (5)
25 Lariat (5)