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Initial
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Clue
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Answer
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A
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Bestial, in the manner of a wild creature (11 letters)
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Animalistic
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B
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Fossilized material from the digestive system of organisms, a term with a brotherly beginning, initially to end (9)
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Bromalite
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C
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Each toilet alarm is faulty in this town of the US Virgin Islands (15)
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Charlotte Amalie
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D
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The replacement of the imperial system with a base-10 one (14)
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Decimalization
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E
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Relating to the outer layer of the skin (9)
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Epidermal
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F
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Put in writing, make official (9)
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Formalise
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G
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Lead-based mineral discovered by oil magnate (10)
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Ganomalite
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H
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Latin-sounding genus of plants (8)
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Homalium
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I
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Unofficial, casual, easy-going style in which rules are relaxed (11)
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Informality
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J
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In Manila, Jay and I are involved with Indian actress (10)
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Jayamalini
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K
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A minor city in Punjab, Pakistan (7)
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Kamalia
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L
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The state of being a logarithmic function with a normal distribution; the word suggests a piece of tree trunk in standard condition (12)
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Lognormality
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M
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Sparse, stripped-down; having a less-is-more attitude(10)
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Minimalist
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N
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Benign, not cancerous (12)
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Nonmalignant
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O
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The technique of making a set of vectors easier to work with, from the prefix used for a dental specialist, and a word meaning "making standard" (18)
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Orthonormalization
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P
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Not yet cancerous but on the road towards it (12)
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Premalignant
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Q
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Japanese pop group who you wish would go away (12)
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Qumali Depart
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R
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A lichen whose type is not applicable (8)
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Ramalina
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S
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Desert-covered African nation (7)
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Somalia
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T
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Take a mineral out of the ground and turn it into a gemstone (10)
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Tourmaline
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U
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Not intending to cause harm (11)
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Unmalicious
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V
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Avoid oval flea maniac, going around Portuguese town with a new house where the family's cattle may be heard (19)
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Vila Nova de Famalicão
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W
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Tunisian town named after a dry river valley (9)
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Wadi Maliz
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X
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Rural road at the edge of Jiangsu province, China (10)
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Xumali Road
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Y
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Siberian region, officially called the The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (7)
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Yamalia
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Z
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Shop in Amsterdam, selling a range of cannabis products (7)
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Zamalia
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