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  1. 1a Controversial issue attracting public attention (5,7)
  2. 9a Granny Smith, for one (5)
  3. 10a Type of lettuce (7)
  4. 11a Lie to get something (4)
  5. 12a Building divided into small let units (8)
  6. 14a Playing a part (6)
  7. 15a Sheep from Spain with a heavy quality fleece (6)
  8. 18a Latest time for completion (8)
  9. 20a Flower — girl (4)
  10. 22a Florida resort — Virginia Woolf novel (7)
  11. 23a Heavy iron-bound stick used for crowd control by police in India (5)
  12. 24a Canadian province (3,9)
  13. 2d Road-surfacing material (7)
  14. 3d Outhouse — cast (4)
  15. 4d Bird with a long curved bill (6)
  16. 5d Palm tree (anag) — south Wales university town (8)
  17. 6d Groom's partner (5)
  18. 7d Method for removing unwanted hair (12)
  19. 8d Devoted old married couple (5,3,4)
  20. 13d Quick joke (3-5)
  21. 16d Crackbrained (7)
  22. 17d In utero (6)
  23. 19d Acknowledge — concede (5)
  24. 21d Defect (4)