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  1. 1 a Understood (12)
  2. 9 a Musical composition with a theme repeated and developed (5)
  3. 10 a Gun (7)
  4. 11 a One of the Great Lakes (4)
  5. 12 a European capital (8)
  6. 14 a Unexpected and inexplic­able change (6)
  7. 15 a Commonly repeated word or phrase (6)
  8. 18 a Marine mollusc (3,5)
  9. 20 a Rebuff (4)
  10. 22 a Bar — omit (7)
  11. 23 a Freight (5)
  12. 24 a Idle chatter (6-6)
  13. 2 d Currently in progress (7)
  14. 3 d Writer of verse (4)
  15. 4 d Strenuous exertion (6)
  16. 5 d Centaurs (anag) — native of an ancient state of central Italy (8)
  17. 6 d Cover loosely with a cloth (5)
  18. 7 d 11th-century land survey of England (8,4)
  19. 8 d Fizzy (12)
  20. 13 d Serene (8)
  21. 16 d Clinging part of a plant (7)
  22. 17 d Credit (anag) — steer (6)
  23. 19 d Racecourse, home to the Gold Cup since 1807 (5)
  24. 21 d Deer's tail (4)

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