The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,403 - Aug 21 2022

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Acknowledgement ADMISSION
Blandness, insipidity VAPIDNESS
Bureaucracy, officialdom REDTAPE
Choose not to react LETITGO
Confess OWNUP
Contagious disease transmitted by parrots PSITTACOSIS
Demolish DESTROY
Floral garland LEI
Gentle breeze ZEPHYR
Head of an abbey ABBOT
In an unsystematic manner haphazardly
Literary device linking two unrelated terms ZEUGMA
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Literary term for England ALBION
Nothing, zero NIL
Oral means of relaying information WORDOFMOUTH
Public bar TAPROOM
Relating to hairdressing TONSORIAL
Rude, boorish ILLMANNERED
Sheltered side LEE
Spanish accent TILDE
Spirited, lively FEISTY
Unimportant matter BAGATELLE
Unit of electrical resistance OHM
Vacillate HAVER