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CARTEBLANCHEUnrestricted ability INSTALLATIONArt exhibit popular with everybody, maybe Paddington bears? KLINGONLINGOSome "Star Trek" slang? REMUNERATIVEProfitable forging Vermeer at uni OVERDIDVERDIListened to "Rigoletto" way too many times? SNAKECHARMEROld carnival attraction LOTSAFLOTSAMA whole bunch of ocean detritus? HINDISHINDIGDiwali or Holi? RICHARDADAMSAuthor best known for Watership Down OCASIOCORTEZRepresentative Alexandria who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at age 29 in 2018: Hyph. ADVENTITIOUSAccidental MAGNIFICENCESplendour GEORGESMILEY*Fictional spy sporting a big yellow button? POSTPRANDIALAfter eating – drop in at pal’s (anag) (12)