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  1. 1 a Pass to a different owner (6,5)
  2. 9 a Novices (9)
  3. 10 a Sheltered side (3)
  4. 11 a Track down (5)
  5. 13 a One of Santa's reindeers (7)
  6. 14 a Pressing (6)
  7. 15 a Ornament pinned to clothing (6)
  8. 18 a Boat using a net to catch fish (7)
  9. 20 a A foxy lady? (5)
  10. 21 a By way of (3)
  11. 22 a Make better (9)
  12. 24 a With no protection (11)
  13. 2 d Embrace (3)
  14. 3 d Hard-wearing fabric, originally from China (7)
  15. 4 d Not subject to taxation (6)
  16. 5 d Perplexed (2,3)
  17. 6 d French romantic painter, d.1863 — coax idler (anag) (9)
  18. 7 d Hindering (11)
  19. 8 d Admonished (11)
  20. 12 d Make worse (9)
  21. 16 d Bringing back to prominence (7)
  22. 17 d Cut capers (6)
  23. 19 d Let (5)
  24. 23 d Beast of burden (3)

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