| 1 | Attempts (5) | |
| 7 | Casualties of war (6) | |
| 9 | Impudence (7) | |
| 11 | Maker of sardonic comments (8) | |
| 13 | Bonkers (4) | |
| 14 | Food (4) | |
| 15 | Designed to maintain grip (8) | |
| 17 | Lured (7) | |
| 18 | Specialised terminology (6) | |
| 19 | Impure version of quartz (5) |
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2 Asian island also called Formosa (6) 3 Approval (8) 4 Painful (4) 5 Eerily perceptive (7) 6 Wonky (5) 8 Piling up (8) 10 Heron relative (7)
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