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RECEIPTSGate CASSAVASPlants used to make tapioca STINGRAYSwimmer straying terribly (8) COLDFEETTV comedy-drama series starring James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson and Fay Ripley TROMBONEBrass instrument COLOPHONA publisher's emblem on a book PIDDLINGInconsequential tinkering after volume decreases DNATESTSProcedures that help determine ancestry BONEUPONGet to know a little better, say WORKOUTSSome 1980s Jane Fonda performances SLOVAKIACountry in central Europe whose capital is Bratislava MACARONICairo man ruined pasta dish (8) LOATHINGBehold! An object for hatred (8) WILLIAMSRaymond __, teacher remembered for his book Culture and Society (1958) (8)