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  1. 1 a Scary (11)
  2. 9 a Servant (9)
  3. 10 a Contest (3)
  4. 11 a Two-masted sailing vessel (5)
  5. 13 a Young child (7)
  6. 14 a Elaborately decorated (6)
  7. 15 a Underside (6)
  8. 18 a CVs (7)
  9. 20 a Coordinate (3,2)
  10. 21 a Gesture of agreement (3)
  11. 22 a Vanilla-flavoured fizzy drink (5,4)
  12. 24 a Person attracting a large audience (5-6)
  13. 2 d Decompose (3)
  14. 3 d Firearm's range — no thugs (anag) (7)
  15. 4 d Warm (6)
  16. 5 d Observed (5)
  17. 6 d Short story? (9)
  18. 7 d The wrong way round (4-2-5)
  19. 8 d Causing harm (11)
  20. 12 d Geordie (9)
  21. 16 d Plot aim (anag) — most favourable (7)
  22. 17 d Napping (6)
  23. 19 d Large and showy Latin American parrot (5)
  24. 23 d Be indebted (to) (3)

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