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  1. 1 a Problems in the early stages (7,5)
  2. 9 a Beasts of burden (5)
  3. 10 a Coffee shop coffee-maker (7)
  4. 11 a Notice of someone's death (abbr) (4)
  5. 12 a Illustrious (8)
  6. 14 a American boss man (6)
  7. 15 a Credence (6)
  8. 18 a Forebear (8)
  9. 20 a Adherent of an Indian religion (4)
  10. 22 a To cut a long story short (2,5)
  11. 23 a Like a imaginary line about which a body rotates (5)
  12. 24 a Cold dessert made with puff pastry, cream etc (12)
  13. 2 d Roulette, salad, tea or thistle (7)
  14. 3 d Stinging insect (4)
  15. 4 d Collared (6)
  16. 5 d Forgiven (8)
  17. 6 d Norwegian playwright, who wrote all his plays in Danish, d. 1906 (5)
  18. 7 d Rugby player (5-3,4)
  19. 8 d Narrowness of outlook (12)
  20. 13 d Castigate (8)
  21. 16 d First (7)
  22. 17 d confectionery made of caramelised sugar (6)
  23. 19 d Group of plotters (5)
  24. 21 d Surrealist painter, born in Catalonia, d. 1989 (4)

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