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  1. 1 a Literary grub (8)
  2. 5 a Citrus fruit (4)
  3. 9 a UK Aid (anag) – East Asian bean (5)
  4. 10 a Rotten (7)
  5. 11 a All square – straightness on the washing-line? (5,7)
  6. 13 a Not acute (6)
  7. 14 a Mystery (6)
  8. 17 a Coated (as a wall) – stony-faced? (12)
  9. 20 a Imitator (7)
  10. 21 a Reeks (anag) – ridge of gravel and sand (5)
  11. 22 a Baking, club or caustic (4)
  12. 23 a Guard (8)
  13. 1 d Scrounge (4)
  14. 2 d Luxuriant (7)
  15. 3 d Author’s temporary lack of inspiration (7,5)
  16. 4 d Directions for making something (6)
  17. 6 d Spanish architect (5)
  18. 7 d Relating (anag) – not fractional (8)
  19. 8 d Hang back deliberately (4,4,4)
  20. 12 d Areas of managed woodland (8)
  21. 15 d Small cucumber (7)
  22. 16 d Swan Lake princess (6)
  23. 18 d Two-footed animal (5)
  24. 19 d Unwritten (4)

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