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  1. 1 a Endorse (4)
  2. 3 a Buildings (8)
  3. 8 a Exceedingly (4)
  4. 9 a Sudden sharp increase in the birth rate (4,4)
  5. 11 a Baker's tool (7,3)
  6. 14 a Confused and slow to react (6)
  7. 15 a Acrobatic feat — schisms (6)
  8. 17 a Industrial city on the Ohio river (10)
  9. 20 a Something difficult to say or understand (8)
  10. 21 a Oral examination (4)
  11. 22 a Divided — distinct (8)
  12. 23 a Light toboggan (4)
  13. 1 d Liquid refreshment (8)
  14. 2 d Set of musical bells (8)
  15. 4 d ___ Reinhardt, French jazz guitarist, d. 1953 (6)
  16. 5 d Unauthorised disposal of waste materials (3-7)
  17. 6 d Wooden-soled shoe (4)
  18. 7 d Japanese wrestling (4)
  19. 10 d Colourful bird seen by streams and rivers (10)
  20. 12 d Dessert — is it arum? (anag) (8)
  21. 13 d Rough calculation (8)
  22. 16 d Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges (6)
  23. 18 d Old Testament prophet (4)
  24. 19 d Witticism (4)

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