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  1. 1 a Discourage (3,3)
  2. 4 a Monk's garb (5)
  3. 7 a Rather — with less delay (6)
  4. 8 a Runner-up's award (6)
  5. 9 a Enthusiastic enjoyment (4)
  6. 10 a Mad, bad Roman emperor, assassinated AD 41 (8)
  7. 12 a Study and collection of coins (11)
  8. 17 a Team game with sticks (8)
  9. 19 a Fall in drops (4)
  10. 20 a £10 (6)
  11. 21 a Do something as a favour (6)
  12. 22 a Austrian symphony composer, d. 1809 (5)
  13. 23 a Header (anag) (6)
  14. 1 d Essential dietary requirement (7)
  15. 2 d A Christmas Carol character (4,3)
  16. 3 d Predictions (9)
  17. 4 d Country forming the western part of Hispaniola, independent since 1804 (5)
  18. 5 d Temporary encampment (7)
  19. 6 d Jungle hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs (6)
  20. 11 d Type of tenure (9)
  21. 13 d Eerie (7)
  22. 14 d Gratify one's appetites (7)
  23. 15 d Mass of small rounded pebbles (7)
  24. 16 d Brood of chicks (6)
  25. 18 d Large expanse of water (5)

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