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  1. 1a Nips – little children (4)
  2. 3a Get near (8)
  3. 8a First-rate (1-3)
  4. 9a Click (3,2,3)
  5. 11a Close calls (4,6)
  6. 14a Nuts about this sweet? (6)
  7. 15a Light touch (6)
  8. 17a I lent Carol (anag) – insect repellent (10)
  9. 20a One chews the cud (8)
  10. 21a Mountain lake (4)
  11. 22a Comical poetry (8)
  12. 23a Bit of earth (4)
  13. 1d Puppy or potty? (8)
  14. 2d Where alcohol’s under lock and key (8)
  15. 4d Fastidious (6)
  16. 5d Cowboy’s fake sparkler (10)
  17. 6d Excited (4)
  18. 7d Fit of pique (4)
  19. 10d Eagerness – at mince pie (anag) (10)
  20. 12d Reading aloud of names (4,4)
  21. 13d Held up – or banged up (8)
  22. 16d Squirm with embarrassment (6)
  23. 18d Reminder (4)
  24. 19d Pleased with oneself (4)