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  1. 1 a Live in (6)
  2. 4 a Someone standing in temporarily for another of the same profession (5)
  3. 7 a Soviet dictator, d. 1953 (6)
  4. 8 a Swallowed (6)
  5. 9 a Thin layer of gold leaf or paint (4)
  6. 10 a Sheriff's officer (8)
  7. 12 a Eternal (11)
  8. 17 a Unexpected and inconvenient (8)
  9. 19 a Loud utterance (4)
  10. 20 a Commotion (6)
  11. 21 a Courageously (6)
  12. 22 a Skating venues (5)
  13. 23 a Secure (anag) – deliverance (6)
  14. 1 d Not indoors (7)
  15. 2 d French novelist, author of Gigi, d. 1954 (7)
  16. 3 d Long thin cigar (9)
  17. 4 d Roaring cats (5)
  18. 5 d Keep the lid on (7)
  19. 6 d Fielding position (3-3)
  20. 11 d Latin American ballroom dance (4,5)
  21. 13 d Riboflavin, for example (7)
  22. 14 d Perfectly delightful (7)
  23. 15 d Northern region of ancient Israel (7)
  24. 16 d Wooer (6)
  25. 18 d Somerset cathedral city (5)

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