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  1. 1a Person hoping to find sanctuary elsewhere (6,6)
  2. 9a Eliminating rounds of a race (5)
  3. 10a Nonplussed (2,1,4)
  4. 11a Collar — cop (4)
  5. 12a Spring-flowering woodland plant (8)
  6. 14a No matter whether (4,2)
  7. 15a South and Central American wildcat (6)
  8. 18a Not batting? (8)
  9. 20a Destruction (4)
  10. 22a In a state of serenity (2,5)
  11. 23a Prestige (5)
  12. 24a State of inability to manage (12)
  13. 2d Disease (anag) — coast (7)
  14. 3d In case (4)
  15. 4d Ridiculously small (6)
  16. 5d Seen cave (anag) — disappear gradually (8)
  17. 6d Danish currency unit (5)
  18. 7d Determination (12)
  19. 8d Noisy but harmless pyrotechnic device (12)
  20. 13d Piece of unexpected good fortune (8)
  21. 16d Place of pilgrimage in the French Pyrenees (7)
  22. 17d Except when (6)
  23. 19d Discharge in disgrace (5)
  24. 21d Similar in character (4)