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  1. 1a Lowered area between stage and audience (9,3)
  2. 9a Way beyond the norm (5)
  3. 10a Affinity (7)
  4. 11a Dingy (4)
  5. 12a Melancholy (8)
  6. 14a Involve (6)
  7. 15a Autocrat (6)
  8. 18a Someone who interprets or explains (8)
  9. 20a Get anxious (4)
  10. 22a Digging deep (7)
  11. 23a Learner (5)
  12. 24a Spies working for more than one side (6,6)
  13. 2d Withdraw (7)
  14. 3d Prank (4)
  15. 4d Homily (6)
  16. 5d News hound (8)
  17. 6d Verification (5)
  18. 7d Gossip (6-6)
  19. 8d Confused (6-6)
  20. 13d Every second year (8)
  21. 16d Low wall around a balcony (7)
  22. 17d Riddle (6)
  23. 19d Rice dish cooked with meat, fish or vegetables etc (5)
  24. 21d East end of a church, containing the altar (4)