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  1. 1a Vacillating (5-8)
  2. 8a Curve (3)
  3. 9a Like Doubting Thomas – castle pic (anag.) (9)
  4. 10a Close shave (4,4)
  5. 11a Attempt to con the ref – seedy establishment (4)
  6. 13a I appreciate that! (6)
  7. 14a Apelike (6)
  8. 16a To boot (4)
  9. 17a Extinct, flightless bird (5,3)
  10. 20a Ornamental trees (9)
  11. 21a Wrath (3)
  12. 22a Office furniture (6,7)
  13. 1d Exhaust (5)
  14. 2d Half-hearted (13)
  15. 3d Veils of Muslim women (8)
  16. 4d Opposed (6)
  17. 5d <span>‘Play on the ___, beholding the towns burn’ (</span><i>Henry VI, Part I</i><span>)</span> (4)
  18. 6d The act of making someone appear guilty (13)
  19. 7d Spanish ship (7)
  20. 12d E.g. riboflavin or thiamine (7,1)
  21. 13d Thief – basis of a hot drink (3,4)
  22. 15d Line of latitude (6)
  23. 18d Genuflected (5)
  24. 19d Scheme (4)