The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,316 - Dec 20 2020

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Afrikaner camp defended by a circular formation of wagons LAAGER
Andean beast of burden ALPACA
Bejewel STUD
Brimless, originally Provençal, cap BERET
Commitment DEBT
Equable: name shared by 14 popes CLEMENT
Erode ABRADE
Eventually; inevitably SOONERORLATER
Ezra ----- (1885-1972), troubled US poet POUND
Flip over UPEND
In case LEST
Large expanses of frozen ocean ICEPACKS
Mineral bore, for instance? OILWELL
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North American reindeer CARIBOU
Peter out DECREASE
Result of air or liquid movements doubling back on themselves EDDIES
River which forms part of the English/Scottish border TWEED
Sacrificial site ALTAR
Something to worry about CAUSEFORALARM
Sundry (cricket) EXTRA
Sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavouring SODA
Tree or shrub of the birch family ALDER
Turner, PI (anag) PRURIENT
Woodland plant, eg the windflower ANEMONE
Word employed in a figurative sense TROPE
Zero degrees latitude – where one is when low DOLDRUMS