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  1. 1a Kind of bridge (or whale) (8)
  2. 5a One's crowning glory? (4)
  3. 9a Become subject to (5)
  4. 10a Frame for creepers (7)
  5. 11a Have a drink in the local (4,3,5)
  6. 13a Knock down — tried to avoid detection (3,3)
  7. 14a Total debacle (6)
  8. 17a Energetic evangelism (informal) (5-7)
  9. 20a Fleet commander (7)
  10. 21a Poetic lament (in a country churchyard?) (5)
  11. 22a Weak and ineffectual person (4)
  12. 23a Outlook (8)
  13. 1d Greet loudly (4)
  14. 2d Ridicule (7)
  15. 3d Totally uninterested (5,2,5)
  16. 4d Attention-grabbing (6)
  17. 6d Improvise (2,3)
  18. 7d Timber used in cabinetmaking — or so do we (anag) (8)
  19. 8d Significant rise in body temperature (12)
  20. 12d Area with lots of night spots (8)
  21. 15d Unfeigned (7)
  22. 16d Author of The Naked and the Dead, d. 2007 (6)
  23. 18d Walt Disney's young fawn (5)
  24. 19d Thin-walled cavity containing liquid (4)