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  1. 1 a Kind of bridge (or whale) (8)
  2. 5 a One's crowning glory? (4)
  3. 9 a Become subject to (5)
  4. 10 a Frame for creepers (7)
  5. 11 a Have a drink in the local (4,3,5)
  6. 13 a Knock down — tried to avoid detection (3,3)
  7. 14 a Total debacle (6)
  8. 17 a Energetic evangelism (informal) (5-7)
  9. 20 a Fleet commander (7)
  10. 21 a Poetic lament (in a country churchyard?) (5)
  11. 22 a Weak and ineffectual person (4)
  12. 23 a Outlook (8)
  13. 1 d Greet loudly (4)
  14. 2 d Ridicule (7)
  15. 3 d Totally uninterested (5,2,5)
  16. 4 d Attention-grabbing (6)
  17. 6 d Improvise (2,3)
  18. 7 d Timber used in cabinetmaking — or so do we (anag) (8)
  19. 8 d Significant rise in body temperature (12)
  20. 12 d Area with lots of night spots (8)
  21. 15 d Unfeigned (7)
  22. 16 d Author of The Naked and the Dead, d. 2007 (6)
  23. 18 d Walt Disney's young fawn (5)
  24. 19 d Thin-walled cavity containing liquid (4)

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