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  1. 1a California desert resort (4,7)
  2. 9a Tentative suggestions (9)
  3. 10a Precursor of the euro (3)
  4. 11a South American dance (5)
  5. 13a Delicate handling of a situation (7)
  6. 14a Street performer (6)
  7. 15a Band of warriors (6)
  8. 18a Pain — a bum log (anag) (7)
  9. 20a Canadian territory, famed for the 1897 gold rush (5)
  10. 21a Heath or Hughes? (3)
  11. 22a Charlie Parker's 'horn'? (9)
  12. 24a Rich sponge (7,4)
  13. 2d Get rid of (3)
  14. 3d Greenhouse gas produced by cows (7)
  15. 4d Rid of intrusive substances (6)
  16. 5d Author of Peer Gynt (5)
  17. 6d Supposition (9)
  18. 7d Likelihood (11)
  19. 8d Nature's perk (anag) — vessel (11)
  20. 12d TV, papers etc (4,5)
  21. 16d Of Summer or Winter games (7)
  22. 17d Trick player (6)
  23. 19d Side passage (5)
  24. 23d Hard durable wood of a deciduous tree (3)