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  1. 1 a In the intervals separating other activities (7,5)
  2. 9 a Scope (5)
  3. 10 a Confusion (7)
  4. 11 a Small island in a river (4)
  5. 12 a Impoverished — ending it (anag) (8)
  6. 14 a Protective headgear (6)
  7. 15 a Grapes (anag) — cigarette (slang) (6)
  8. 18 a Much employed (4,4)
  9. 20 a Immeasurably long period of time (4)
  10. 22 a Blighty (7)
  11. 23 a Customers (5)
  12. 24 a Schoolchildren who return to an empty home (8,4)
  13. 2 d Involve (someone) in a dispute (7)
  14. 3 d Unit of power — Scottish engineer, d. 1819 (4)
  15. 4 d Stretch out (6)
  16. 5 d Deadly (8)
  17. 6 d North American elk (5)
  18. 7 d Isolation (of a hermit?) (12)
  19. 8 d Assume control of a situation (4,3,5)
  20. 13 d Hand down (8)
  21. 16 d Make believe (7)
  22. 17 d Coastal department of western France (6)
  23. 19 d Illumination (5)
  24. 21 d Perform in the street for money (4)

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