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  1. 1 a Charades, for example (7,4)
  2. 9 a Embedded (9)
  3. 10 a Junk (3)
  4. 11 a Soil's organic component (5)
  5. 13 a Ledger for recording transactions as they occur (7)
  6. 14 a Sudden arrival (of people or water?) (6)
  7. 15 a Kiss and cuddle (6)
  8. 18 a US state — Black Sea state (7)
  9. 20 a Regal (5)
  10. 21 a Sign of the zodiac (3)
  11. 22 a Large broad-bladed weapon (9)
  12. 24 a Men's underwear (5,6)
  13. 2 d Snake (3)
  14. 3 d Negotiates between parties (7)
  15. 4 d Disordered (6)
  16. 5 d Devout (5)
  17. 6 d Legends and sagas, in general (9)
  18. 7 d The Lady with the Lamp, d. 1910 (11)
  19. 8 d Person or organisation with an interest in something (11)
  20. 12 d Venetian travel writer, who may (or may not) have served Kublai Khan, d. 1324 (5,4)
  21. 16 d Dark cherry (7)
  22. 17 d Carnivorous insect, which rests as if in prayer (6)
  23. 19 d Part between sloping sides of a roof (5)
  24. 23 d Relevant (3)

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