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  1. 1a Discourage (3,3)
  2. 4a Monk's garb (5)
  3. 7a Rather — with less delay (6)
  4. 8a Runner-up's award (6)
  5. 9a Enthusiastic enjoyment (4)
  6. 10a Mad, bad Roman emperor, assassinated AD 41 (8)
  7. 12a Study and collection of coins (11)
  8. 17a Team game with sticks (8)
  9. 19a Fall in drops (4)
  10. 20a £10 (6)
  11. 21a Do something as a favour (6)
  12. 22a Austrian symphony composer, d. 1809 (5)
  13. 23a Header (anag) (6)
  14. 1d Essential dietary requirement (7)
  15. 2d A Christmas Carol character (4,3)
  16. 3d Predictions (9)
  17. 4d Country forming the western part of Hispaniola, independent since 1804 (5)
  18. 5d Temporary encampment (7)
  19. 6d Jungle hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs (6)
  20. 11d Type of tenure (9)
  21. 13d Eerie (7)
  22. 14d Gratify one's appetites (7)
  23. 15d Mass of small rounded pebbles (7)
  24. 16d Brood of chicks (6)
  25. 18d Large expanse of water (5)