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  1. 1a Black hornless cattle breed originating in Scotland (8,5)
  2. 8a Special ____ (3)
  3. 9a One selling reams (9)
  4. 10a On the payroll (8)
  5. 11a Total snoozefest (4)
  6. 13a Staple (anag) (6)
  7. 14a Blunt or make quiet (6)
  8. 16a It’s the final word (4)
  9. 17a Muscle moving your shoulder – clear top (anag) (8)
  10. 20a Like a parrot (9)
  11. 21a Delay – convict (3)
  12. 22a Long-haired sporting pooch (7,6)
  13. 1d Smithereens (5)
  14. 2d Unchallenging music (4,9)
  15. 3d Rat – runaway – renegade (8)
  16. 4d On cloud nine (6)
  17. 5d With a pH below 7 (4)
  18. 6d What we remember on a day in November (9,4)
  19. 7d One doing operations in theatre (7)
  20. 12d One with a developed appreciation of the finer things (8)
  21. 13d Sweet nutty confection (7)
  22. 15d Decay (6)
  23. 18d Beer served cold (5)
  24. 19d Island east of Java (4)