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18/8/20
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  1. 1a Large crate (7,4)
  2. 9a Written agreement between a country and the Vatican (9)
  3. 10a Chinese leader, d. 1976 (3)
  4. 11a Unfortunately (5)
  5. 13a Bitter conflicts (7)
  6. 14a Bind firmly together (6)
  7. 15a Sultanate in Borneo (6)
  8. 18a Remark (7)
  9. 20a Longest European river, flowing into the Caspian Sea (5)
  10. 21a Monotonous routine (3)
  11. 22a Top dog? (6,3)
  12. 24a Waste frivolously (7,4)
  13. 2d Stiff bristle growing from an ear of barley, for example (3)
  14. 3d Indirect or cumulative effect (5-2)
  15. 4d Going without clothes (6)
  16. 5d Make provision for (5)
  17. 6d Meeting between two of the last four still in a knockout competition (4-5)
  18. 7d Stiff slip with sections covered by a film to be removed to discover if a prize has been won (7,4)
  19. 8d Lacking any interest or creativity — nepotist cad (anag) (11)
  20. 12d One's old university or school (4,5)
  21. 16d Nice region? (7)
  22. 17d Hamper (6)
  23. 19d German painter Max, a pioneer of Dada, d. 1976 (5)
  24. 23d Egg cells (3)