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  1. 1 a Person hoping to find sanctuary elsewhere (6,6)
  2. 9 a Eliminating rounds of a race (5)
  3. 10 a Nonplussed (2,1,4)
  4. 11 a Collar — cop (4)
  5. 12 a Spring-flowering woodland plant (8)
  6. 14 a No matter whether (4,2)
  7. 15 a South and Central American wildcat (6)
  8. 18 a Not batting? (8)
  9. 20 a Destruction (4)
  10. 22 a In a state of serenity (2,5)
  11. 23 a Prestige (5)
  12. 24 a State of inability to manage (12)
  13. 2 d Disease (anag) — coast (7)
  14. 3 d In case (4)
  15. 4 d Ridiculously small (6)
  16. 5 d Seen cave (anag) — disappear gradually (8)
  17. 6 d Danish currency unit (5)
  18. 7 d Determination (12)
  19. 8 d Noisy but harmless pyrotechnic device (12)
  20. 13 d Piece of unexpected good fortune (8)
  21. 16 d Place of pilgrimage in the French Pyrenees (7)
  22. 17 d Except when (6)
  23. 19 d Discharge in disgrace (5)
  24. 21 d Similar in character (4)

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