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  1. 1a Musical ending (4)
  2. 3a The ___, Indian Ocean republic (8)
  3. 8a Seaweed (4)
  4. 9a Dark beer (5,3)
  5. 11a Blatantly confrontational (2-4-4)
  6. 14a Baddie (6)
  7. 15a Paper man or woman (6)
  8. 17a Chap offering wise counsel? (5,5)
  9. 20a Contradiction (8)
  10. 21a Witty remark (4)
  11. 22a Dialogue (8)
  12. 23a Hole – express (feelings) (4)
  13. 1d Archaism (anag.) (8)
  14. 2d Container for unfinished restaurant food (5-3)
  15. 4d Unanchored (6)
  16. 5d Early tunes of nature (4,6)
  17. 6d Small medicine bottle (4)
  18. 7d Goulash? (4)
  19. 10d Instrument playing only the note A? (6,4)
  20. 12d Pamphlet (8)
  21. 13d Pooh’s jar? (5-3)
  22. 16d Pristine, never sported (6)
  23. 18d Sense (4)
  24. 19d Funeral stack (4)