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  1. 1a Complete failure (4)
  2. 3a Tract (8)
  3. 8a Learning by mechanical repetition (4)
  4. 9a This is thrown down as a challenge (8)
  5. 11a This is Spinal Tap's kind of music (5,5)
  6. 14a Drowsy — dwarf (6)
  7. 15a Food fish, like a small tuna (6)
  8. 17a Awesome (10)
  9. 20a Leading Roman Catholic bishop (8)
  10. 21a Explosive device (4)
  11. 22a Ragged (8)
  12. 23a Action (4)
  13. 1d Most remote (8)
  14. 2d Old hat (8)
  15. 4d Proverbs (6)
  16. 5d Baggy trousers — slap on a ton (anag) (10)
  17. 6d Quiet time (4)
  18. 7d Former Archbishop of Cape Town (4)
  19. 10d Commiserate (10)
  20. 12d Addictive substance in tobacco (8)
  21. 13d Unfinished business (5,3)
  22. 16d Heroin, for instance (6)
  23. 18d Shoo! (4)
  24. 19d True ___ , film starring John Wayne (1969) and Jeff Bridges (2010) (4)