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  1. 1 a Person or thing doomed to failure (4,4)
  2. 5 a Pretentious words (4)
  3. 9 a English diarist and naval administrator, d. 1703 (5)
  4. 10 a Food (7)
  5. 11 a Strand of man-made fibre (12)
  6. 13 a Grasp tightly (6)
  7. 14 a Remove the moisture from (3,3)
  8. 17 a Lacking sufficient oomph (12)
  9. 20 a Melissa (anag) — unmotivated (7)
  10. 21 a Salty water (5)
  11. 22 a The colour of unbleached linen (4)
  12. 23 a One barely running in public (8)
  13. 1 d Marijuana — fool (4)
  14. 2 d Think well of (7)
  15. 3 d Disturbed the composure of (12)
  16. 4 d Person ordained to the Christian ministry (6)
  17. 6 d University city in French Flanders (5)
  18. 7 d Delay making a decision (8)
  19. 8 d Offensive — peevish (12)
  20. 12 d Error free (8)
  21. 15 d Tall tapering pillar (7)
  22. 16 d Overindulge (6)
  23. 18 d Raise objections (5)
  24. 19 d Apprehension (4)

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