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  1. 1 a California desert resort (4,7)
  2. 9 a Tentative suggestions (9)
  3. 10 a Precursor of the euro (3)
  4. 11 a South American dance (5)
  5. 13 a Delicate handling of a situation (7)
  6. 14 a Street performer (6)
  7. 15 a Band of warriors (6)
  8. 18 a Pain — a bum log (anag) (7)
  9. 20 a Canadian territory, famed for the 1897 gold rush (5)
  10. 21 a Heath or Hughes? (3)
  11. 22 a Charlie Parker's 'horn'? (9)
  12. 24 a Rich sponge (7,4)
  13. 2 d Get rid of (3)
  14. 3 d Greenhouse gas produced by cows (7)
  15. 4 d Rid of intrusive substances (6)
  16. 5 d Author of Peer Gynt (5)
  17. 6 d Supposition (9)
  18. 7 d Likelihood (11)
  19. 8 d Nature's perk (anag) — vessel (11)
  20. 12 d TV, papers etc (4,5)
  21. 16 d Of Summer or Winter games (7)
  22. 17 d Trick player (6)
  23. 19 d Side passage (5)
  24. 23 d Hard durable wood of a deciduous tree (3)

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