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  1. 1a Senior government official of the city states of Venice or Genoa (4)
  2. 3a Having fun in a sailing boat (8)
  3. 8a Adult woman (4)
  4. 9a 1,000,000,000,000 (8)
  5. 11a Salad (6,4)
  6. 14a Inclined to talk a lot (6)
  7. 15a Smart (6)
  8. 17a hp (10)
  9. 20a God (8)
  10. 21a Men only (4)
  11. 22a Suspect (8)
  12. 23a Precipitation (4)
  13. 1d State of depression (8)
  14. 2d Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure (3,5)
  15. 4d Not anchored (6)
  16. 5d Device for sending messages, using a mirror and the sun's rays (10)
  17. 6d ___ Murdoch, author, d.1999 (4)
  18. 7d Slimy oil substance (4)
  19. 10d Bass or hake seller? (10)
  20. 12d Longfellow's 19th-century Native American chief (8)
  21. 13d H (8)
  22. 16d In fact (2,2,2)
  23. 18d Work the land (4)
  24. 19d 25 December (4)