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  1. 1a Writer’s right to take liberties (6,7)
  2. 8a Small lump, e.g. of butter (4)
  3. 9a Signal that danger has passed (3,5)
  4. 10a Unworldly academic’s dwelling? (5,5)
  5. 12a Small quake (6)
  6. 14a Roman emperor (6)
  7. 15a Suspenseful (4-6)
  8. 19a The ___ table (8)
  9. 20a Cunning (4)
  10. 21a <span>Politically unscrupulous, as in </span><i>The Prince</i> (13)
  11. 2d Consumer of plants and animals (8)
  12. 3d Potato, say (5)
  13. 4d Part of a book (7)
  14. 5d Relative by marriage (2-3)
  15. 6d Blow up (7)
  16. 7d Show appreciation of (4)
  17. 11d Tree which may have white or pink flowers (8)
  18. 13d Masculine (7)
  19. 14d Small, walled-off part of a room (7)
  20. 16d Location of Lucknow and Bhopal (5)
  21. 17d It gets wetter as it dries (5)
  22. 18d Queen of the Olympian gods (4)