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JUSTASECOND"Be right with you!" TABLEFORONEIt might be requested on a self-date DEADHEADINGRiding free as an employee, in airline lingo APPROPRIATESteel, it’s said, is suitable (11) WHATSSHAKIN"How's it hangin'?" YOULIEDTOMECritical response concerning a piece of fiction? PARACETAMOLMild analgesic drug known as acetaminophen in the US SPEEDREADERReal page-turner? THEPIRANHASBritish band best known for their 1980 cover version of Tom Hark JOELVELTMANDutch international defender who joined Brighton & Hove Albion from Ajax in 2020 CRASHHELMETRacing headgear PERFUNCTORYLacking conviction (11) HOMOSAPIENSSpecies name for modern humans (4,7)