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  1. 1a Ability in the management of national affairs (13)
  2. 8a Select as a preferable alternative (3)
  3. 9a Reach adult status (4,2,3)
  4. 10a Read through briefly (4,4)
  5. 11a Item of footwear (4)
  6. 13a Amorous embrace? (6)
  7. 14a Dance around excitedly (6)
  8. 16a Patriarch who saved his family and all the animals from drowning (4)
  9. 17a Death (slang) (8)
  10. 20a Stirring — anxiety (9)
  11. 21a Star that provides light and heat for a solar system (3)
  12. 22a Absence (3-10)
  13. 1d Seat without a back (5)
  14. 2d Oppressively strict (13)
  15. 3d Intrude gradually (8)
  16. 4d Person belonging to a particular group (6)
  17. 5d Midday (4)
  18. 6d Ridiculously over-complicated in design and/or construction (5,8)
  19. 7d Rule of conduct (7)
  20. 12d Secured (8)
  21. 13d Hold within (7)
  22. 15d Pointless (6)
  23. 18d From that time (5)
  24. 19d Handle of an axe (4)