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  1. 1 a Fierce conflict (7,6)
  2. 8 a Court (3)
  3. 9 a Over a considerable distance (4-5)
  4. 10 a Unauthorised passenger (8)
  5. 11 a Thomas Hardy's 'obscure' protagonist (4)
  6. 13 a Asian temple (6)
  7. 14 a One taking pleasure from the suffering of others (6)
  8. 16 a Light toboggan (4)
  9. 17 a Pain — check a BA (anag) (8)
  10. 20 a Small sausage — poach tail (anag) (9)
  11. 21 a Devon's main river (3)
  12. 22 a Not special or noteworthy (2,5,6)
  13. 1 d Welsh county (5)
  14. 2 d Out-and-out (13)
  15. 3 d French president, 2012-17 (8)
  16. 4 d Shakespeare's fictional king of Scotland in Macbeth (6)
  17. 5 d City site of the Taj Mahal (4)
  18. 6 d Jokingly (6-2-5)
  19. 7 d Mountain on the Nepal-Tibet border (7)
  20. 12 d Repercussion (8)
  21. 13 d Bird with a big bill (7)
  22. 15 d Empty (6)
  23. 18 d Numbers divisible by two (5)
  24. 19 d Downward-facing concave shape (4)

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