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  1. 1a Person or thing doomed to failure (4,4)
  2. 5a Pretentious words (4)
  3. 9a English diarist and naval administrator, d. 1703 (5)
  4. 10a Food (7)
  5. 11a Strand of man-made fibre (12)
  6. 13a Grasp tightly (6)
  7. 14a Remove the moisture from (3,3)
  8. 17a Lacking sufficient oomph (12)
  9. 20a Melissa (anag) — unmotivated (7)
  10. 21a Salty water (5)
  11. 22a The colour of unbleached linen (4)
  12. 23a One barely running in public (8)
  13. 1d Marijuana — fool (4)
  14. 2d Think well of (7)
  15. 3d Disturbed the composure of (12)
  16. 4d Person ordained to the Christian ministry (6)
  17. 6d University city in French Flanders (5)
  18. 7d Delay making a decision (8)
  19. 8d Offensive — peevish (12)
  20. 12d Error free (8)
  21. 15d Tall tapering pillar (7)
  22. 16d Overindulge (6)
  23. 18d Raise objections (5)
  24. 19d Apprehension (4)