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  1. 1a Dabbler in the arts? (10)
  2. 7a Out of a hundred (3,4)
  3. 8a Direction — thorn (anag) (5)
  4. 10a International currency (4)
  5. 11a Infernal South African buzzer (8)
  6. 13a Clear (6)
  7. 15a Chesty (anag) — cut (6)
  8. 17a California city, setting for Steinbeck's Cannery Row (8)
  9. 18a Declines (4)
  10. 21a Message (from a bird?) (5)
  11. 22a Interpretation from a different viewpoint (7)
  12. 23a Neutral area between opponents (6,4)
  13. 1d More desperate (5)
  14. 2d Art song for voice and piano (4)
  15. 3d I disapprove! (3-3)
  16. 4d Declare (8)
  17. 5d Woe (7)
  18. 6d How fast one may go, legally (5,5)
  19. 9d Providential (6-4)
  20. 12d Drink consumed after a meal (8)
  21. 14d Old cloak — tame Una (anag) (7)
  22. 16d Semi-aquatic rodent — work hard (6)
  23. 19d Newly-wed (5)
  24. 20d Liveliness (4)