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  1. 1a Former Communist country (4,7)
  2. 9a Seasonal chocolate treat (6,3)
  3. 10a Hurried — 1985 Kurosawa film based on King Lear (3)
  4. 11a Simple (5)
  5. 13a Affecting the human mind (7)
  6. 14a Flower — colour (6)
  7. 15a TV sale (anag) (6)
  8. 18a Sporting man in black? (7)
  9. 20a Rowed (5)
  10. 21a Capitalist country (3)
  11. 22a Coloured make-up (9)
  12. 24a Branch of medicine to do with the skin (11)
  13. 2d Six-pack (abbr) (3)
  14. 3d Sweet syrup (7)
  15. 4d Let off (6)
  16. 5d Pet cat (informal) (5)
  17. 6d Polaris (5,4)
  18. 7d Vegetarian — robs our hive (anag) (11)
  19. 8d Get on with the job (7,4)
  20. 12d Overly sensitive person? (9)
  21. 16d Marking the beginning of a new era (7)
  22. 17d Command — Thebes (anag) (6)
  23. 19d Discharge from the eyes or nose (5)
  24. 23d Follow closely (3)