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  1. 1 a Complete failure (4)
  2. 3 a Tract (8)
  3. 8 a Learning by mechanical repetition (4)
  4. 9 a This is thrown down as a challenge (8)
  5. 11 a This is Spinal Tap's kind of music (5,5)
  6. 14 a Drowsy — dwarf (6)
  7. 15 a Food fish, like a small tuna (6)
  8. 17 a Awesome (10)
  9. 20 a Leading Roman Catholic bishop (8)
  10. 21 a Explosive device (4)
  11. 22 a Ragged (8)
  12. 23 a Action (4)
  13. 1 d Most remote (8)
  14. 2 d Old hat (8)
  15. 4 d Proverbs (6)
  16. 5 d Baggy trousers — slap on a ton (anag) (10)
  17. 6 d Quiet time (4)
  18. 7 d Former Archbishop of Cape Town (4)
  19. 10 d Commiserate (10)
  20. 12 d Addictive substance in tobacco (8)
  21. 13 d Unfinished business (5,3)
  22. 16 d Heroin, for instance (6)
  23. 18 d Shoo! (4)
  24. 19 d True ___ , film starring John Wayne (1969) and Jeff Bridges (2010) (4)

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