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  1. 1 a Lowered area between stage and audience (9,3)
  2. 9 a Way beyond the norm (5)
  3. 10 a Affinity (7)
  4. 11 a Dingy (4)
  5. 12 a Melancholy (8)
  6. 14 a Involve (6)
  7. 15 a Autocrat (6)
  8. 18 a Someone who interprets or explains (8)
  9. 20 a Get anxious (4)
  10. 22 a Digging deep (7)
  11. 23 a Learner (5)
  12. 24 a Spies working for more than one side (6,6)
  13. 2 d Withdraw (7)
  14. 3 d Prank (4)
  15. 4 d Homily (6)
  16. 5 d News hound (8)
  17. 6 d Verification (5)
  18. 7 d Gossip (6-6)
  19. 8 d Confused (6-6)
  20. 13 d Every second year (8)
  21. 16 d Low wall around a balcony (7)
  22. 17 d Riddle (6)
  23. 19 d Rice dish cooked with meat, fish or vegetables etc (5)
  24. 21 d East end of a church, containing the altar (4)

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