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  1. 1a Having a pattern of dots (8)
  2. 5a Lively energy (informal) (4)
  3. 9a Specific task that must be done regularly (5)
  4. 10a Ticket to ride? (3,4)
  5. 11a One's close relatives (6,6)
  6. 13a Old nickname for a policeman (taken from the Home Secretary who set up the Metropolitan Police in 1829) (6)
  7. 14a Fictional sleuth, Jane ___ (6)
  8. 17a Large sofa with padded arms and back (12)
  9. 20a Quickly list (4,3)
  10. 21a Someone against development in their own area (5)
  11. 22a A tiny speck (4)
  12. 23a Openly shown (8)
  13. 1d Hit — item of clothing (4)
  14. 2d Put into quarantine (7)
  15. 3d Penchant (for) — decrepit lino (anag) (12)
  16. 4d (Of a coastline) shuts in — my base (anag) (6)
  17. 6d ___ Newton, physicist, mathe­matician, alchemist, d. 1727 (5)
  18. 7d It measures fuel consumption (3,5)
  19. 8d Aiming to go up in the world (12)
  20. 12d Band of colours, as seen in a rainbow (8)
  21. 15d Strong spoken or written attack on a person or idea (7)
  22. 16d Anti- or auto-, for example (6)
  23. 18d What happens at a given time or place (5)
  24. 19d Abnormal sac in the body containing liquid (4)