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  1. 1 a Flag — of the usual kind (8)
  2. 5 a Competent (4)
  3. 9 a Peers of the realm (5)
  4. 10 a Vanity (7)
  5. 11 a Soldiers regarded as expendable in battle (6,6)
  6. 13 a Perplexed — rotten (6)
  7. 14 a Exactly right (4,2)
  8. 17 a Unbearable (12)
  9. 20 a Beyond endurance (3,4)
  10. 21 a Strident sound (5)
  11. 22 a Established standards (4)
  12. 23 a Marvellous (8)
  13. 1 d Lather (4)
  14. 2 d Gauche — obstinate (7)
  15. 3 d Not sincere (12)
  16. 4 d Modern — centre (anag) (6)
  17. 6 d Procreate (5)
  18. 7 d Install as a 16 (8)
  19. 8 d Ill-matched (12)
  20. 12 d Imperial (8)
  21. 15 d Manx parliament (7)
  22. 16 d Chess piece (6)
  23. 18 d Throng (5)
  24. 19 d Tear apart (4)

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