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  1. 1 a Fortress (10)
  2. 7 a Briefly and clearly expressed (8)
  3. 8 a Hard by (4)
  4. 9 a Sulky expression (4)
  5. 10 a Dignity (anag) (7)
  6. 12 a One employed to look after a golf course (11)
  7. 14 a Grapple (7)
  8. 16 a Two-masted square-rigged sailing ship (4)
  9. 19 a Unreliable old car (4)
  10. 20 a Drying-up cloth (3,5)
  11. 21 a Ornamental stand for plants (10)
  12. 1 d Baffle (5)
  13. 2 d Hermit (7)
  14. 3 d Grandma (4)
  15. 4 d Direct telephone links for use in an emergency (8)
  16. 5 d Island in the Bristol Channel (5)
  17. 6 d Leather worker — old coin (6)
  18. 11 d Blown up (8)
  19. 12 d Precious stone, usually red (6)
  20. 13 d Intention (7)
  21. 15 d Reddish-brown (5)
  22. 17 d Long-necked, migratory aquatic birds (5)
  23. 18 d Farm outbuilding (4)

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