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  1. 1a Old chap? (4)
  2. 3a Take it to save time (5,3)
  3. 8a Turn it to keep reading (4)
  4. 9a Close platonic relationship between men (informal) (8)
  5. 11a Magic formula delivering easy access (4,6)
  6. 14a Set routine (6)
  7. 15a Nylon fabric used as a fastening (6)
  8. 17a Often (10)
  9. 20a Make a formal declaration (8)
  10. 21a Organic compound excreted in urine (4)
  11. 22a Proposes (8)
  12. 23a Large gathering of people with something in common (4)
  13. 1d Old Mother Hubbard's was empty! (8)
  14. 2d Concise and vivid representation (8)
  15. 4d Bother (6)
  16. 5d Recaptured from the past (10)
  17. 6d Hypocritical talk (4)
  18. 7d Extreme body parts (4)
  19. 10d Ropy footwear? (10)
  20. 12d With no harmful consequences (4,4)
  21. 13d State where people have more than one spouse at a time (8)
  22. 16d Partly close one's eyes (as when suddenly hit by bright light) (6)
  23. 18d Watering places like Bath, say (4)
  24. 19d Instrument in suspension (4)