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  1. pageant. P(AGE)ANT
  2. into. (hidden)
  3. stocking fillers. (two meanings)
  4. owns. (g)OWNS
  5. funds. F+UN+D+S
  6. knee. K+NEE
  7. embrace. E+M+BRACE
  8. lucifer. (two meanings)
  9. average. AVE+RAGE (Eva rev.)
  10. malaria. MA(LA)RIA
  11. rake. RA+K+E
  12. spasm. SPAS+M (pass anag.)
  13. thus. TH+US
  14. pencil-sharpener. (straight cryptic)
  15. bets. (anag.)
  16. genesis. (two meanings)
  1. pistole. P(IST)OLE
  2. groundbreaking. (anag.)
  3. asks. AS(K)S
  4. tonsure. TON+SURE (not rev.)
  5. infidel. (anag.)
  6. tale. T+ALE
  7. Pasteur. (anag.)
  8. penny-farthings. PENNY+FAR+THINGS
  9. banal. (hidden)
  10. scale. (two meanings)
  11. atrophy. (anag.)
  12. exposes. EX+POSES
  13. mustang. MU(S+TAN)G
  14. assures. ASS(UR)ES
  15. wine. WIN+E
  16. open. O+PEN