
The unclued lights, including a pair and six of two words, form an association which a normal entry clearly suggests.

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11 Icons reconstructed with excellent backing and capital (7)
12 Scottish author wants hedge trimmed at one end (6)
13 Scottish bird sports new supporting items on the way in (9)
14 Falls off outhouses (5)
16 Scots flower just missed bronze, say (5)
19 Women’s lib regretted holding back some rodents (7)
21 Tapir from borders of different length in Antarctica (4)
23 College’s leading academician entered elaborately robed in fabric (7)
24 Does she give you the eye, to some extent? (4)
25 City in Campania – not...

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