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1a. Omen of a future happening (5). W???D
2d. Strip of embroidery between two pieces of material (9)
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13a. Ice cream wafers (7). S???E?S

2d insertion

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13a) sliders

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1a WEIRD (scottish word for omen)

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6d Once official mouthpiece of the Soviet government (9) My solution indicates there is an alternative spelling that I can't figure.
5d. Lightest metallic element (7) Appears straightforward except obvious solution contradicts my solution to
15a understatement for rhetorical effect (7) !
A pretty kettle of fish.

lithium
litotes?

Izvestia? - but not enough letters! (Pravda even shorter)