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  1. 1a Result of exports exceeding imports (5,7)
  2. 9a Uninspired writers (5)
  3. 10a Naturally grown (7)
  4. 11a Female servant (4)
  5. 12a Surrounded closely (6,2)
  6. 14a Worthless (2-4)
  7. 15a Be adamant (6)
  8. 18a Better (8)
  9. 20a Small seabird with a forked tail (4)
  10. 22a Sums (7)
  11. 23a Make progress (3,2)
  12. 24a Talent for talking (4,2,3,3)
  13. 2d Moving back and forth (7)
  14. 3d Time of day after sunset (4)
  15. 4d Tobacco user (6)
  16. 5d The Grenadier Guards, for example (8)
  17. 6d Furrowed (5)
  18. 7d Best (6,2,4)
  19. 8d Daisy roots, china plate and dicky bird, for example (7,5)
  20. 13d Resort on the Bay of Naples (8)
  21. 16d Reluctance to move (7)
  22. 17d English county — sorted (anag) (6)
  23. 19d Draft copy of printed text (5)
  24. 21d Monstrous giant (4)