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  1. 1a Corporate raider who sells off parts of a company for personal gain (5,8)
  2. 8a Indian state, former Portuguese colony (3)
  3. 9a Boring hard cheese (informal) (9)
  4. 10a Quickness (8)
  5. 11a Form of hydrated silica, often used as a gemstone (4)
  6. 13a Clergyman (6)
  7. 14a Exist permanently as part of (6)
  8. 16a Contest of speed (4)
  9. 17a Kept within limits (8)
  10. 20a Small thin sausage (9)
  11. 21a Be prostrate (3)
  12. 22a Someone excessively affected by a hard luck story (8,5)
  13. 1d Rage (5)
  14. 2d Unscrupulous dealing (5,8)
  15. 3d Shyness (8)
  16. 4d Provokes — a stunt (anag) (6)
  17. 5d Two people considered together (informal) (4)
  18. 6d Odds and ends used in a particular pursuit (13)
  19. 7d Beat back (7)
  20. 12d Instantly (2,1,5)
  21. 13d Woody centre of an ear of maize (7)
  22. 15d Region (6)
  23. 18d Inhabited (5)
  24. 19d River crossing (4)