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HADASOLOPlayed by oneself LOATHINGBehold! An object for hatred (8) PIDDLINGInconsequential tinkering after volume decreases OLEANDERShrub of the dogbane family, with lance-shaped leathery leaves and ornate red or white flowers TANDOORIIn Indian cookery, a method of cooking meat or vegetables in a clay oven STINGRAYSwimmer straying terribly (8) LANCELOTKnight, behold, impaling one with double-edged blade COLOPHONA publisher's emblem on a book ONREPEATLooping SLOVAKIACountry in central Europe whose capital is Bratislava MACARONICairo man ruined pasta dish (8) DNATESTSProcedures that help determine ancestry MCHAMMERAmerican rapper born Stanley Kirk Burrell in 1962 INTERPOLMultinational law enforcement agency based in Lyon (8)