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  1. 1 a Almost impossible to comprehend (4-8)
  2. 9 a Logo — pattern (5)
  3. 10 a Shipment from A to B (7)
  4. 11 a Deliberately have no contact with (4)
  5. 12 a Finnish capital (8)
  6. 14 a Largest city in Syria before the massive damage of the civil war (6)
  7. 15 a Cherry brandy (6)
  8. 18 a Republican's US rival (8)
  9. 20 a Recognised leader in some field (4)
  10. 22 a Admonish (7)
  11. 23 a Short coat (5)
  12. 24 a Swimming style (12)
  13. 2 d Stick one's nose in (7)
  14. 3 d Pudding — useless — Homer Simpson's kind of beer (4)
  15. 4 d Start (6)
  16. 5 d Leather from nanny or billy? (8)
  17. 6 d Author of The Master Builder, d. 1906 (5)
  18. 7 d Kind of financial proposal with no realistic chance of success (3-4-5)
  19. 8 d Style of robbery through a broken display window (5-3-4)
  20. 13 d Deceptively pleasing (8)
  21. 16 d Soviet satellite, launched 1957 (7)
  22. 17 d Stroke gently (6)
  23. 19 d Tree providing Canada's national emblem (5)
  24. 21 d A night light? (4)

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