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  1. 1a Endorse (4)
  2. 3a Buildings (8)
  3. 8a Exceedingly (4)
  4. 9a Sudden sharp increase in the birth rate (4,4)
  5. 11a Baker's tool (7,3)
  6. 14a Confused and slow to react (6)
  7. 15a Acrobatic feat — schisms (6)
  8. 17a Industrial city on the Ohio river (10)
  9. 20a Something difficult to say or understand (8)
  10. 21a Oral examination (4)
  11. 22a Divided — distinct (8)
  12. 23a Light toboggan (4)
  13. 1d Liquid refreshment (8)
  14. 2d Set of musical bells (8)
  15. 4d ___ Reinhardt, French jazz guitarist, d. 1953 (6)
  16. 5d Unauthorised disposal of waste materials (3-7)
  17. 6d Wooden-soled shoe (4)
  18. 7d Japanese wrestling (4)
  19. 10d Colourful bird seen by streams and rivers (10)
  20. 12d Dessert — is it arum? (anag) (8)
  21. 13d Rough calculation (8)
  22. 16d Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges (6)
  23. 18d Old Testament prophet (4)
  24. 19d Witticism (4)