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  1. 1 a Something beyond criticism (6,3)
  2. 8 a Vietnamese capital (5)
  3. 9 a Helper or attendant (sometimes humble or obedient?) (7)
  4. 10 a Render motionless (8)
  5. 11 a Emperor (4)
  6. 13 a Short-sighted (6)
  7. 14 a Old mercantile area of Venice (6)
  8. 16 a Emperor (who fiddled while Rome burned?) d. AD68 (4)
  9. 17 a Seed of a palm chewed (with its leaves) as a narcotic (5,3)
  10. 19 a Judge (7)
  11. 20 a Round Dutch cheese (5)
  12. 21 a Pine, for example (9)
  13. 1 d Outfit for a dip (8)
  14. 2 d Sweet blackcurrant liqueur (6)
  15. 3 d Get by working (4)
  16. 4 d Sofa for reclining on (6,6)
  17. 5 d Carnivorous aquatic bug (5,7)
  18. 6 d Composite picture (12)
  19. 7 d Ominous — critical (12)
  20. 12 d Professional killer (5,3)
  21. 15 d Order (6)
  22. 18 d Stockmarket operator gambling on a quick profit (4)

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