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  1. 1 a Relapsing into bad ways (11)
  2. 9 a Carefully listening (9)
  3. 10 a Pasture (3)
  4. 11 a Discourage (5)
  5. 13 a Cream cakes (7)
  6. 14 a Go too far (6)
  7. 15 a Attest (6)
  8. 18 a Pain in the middle or inner ear (7)
  9. 20 a To do with an anatomical bulge or swelling (5)
  10. 21 a Fasten (3)
  11. 22 a Venetian merchant and explorer who wrote about Kublai Khan's China, d. 1324 (5,4)
  12. 24 a Set up (11)
  13. 2 d Play section (3)
  14. 3 d Similar in quality or character (7)
  15. 4 d Linger — lurk (6)
  16. 5 d Reside (5)
  17. 6 d Invalidated (9)
  18. 7 d With barely enough money for immediate needs (4,2,5)
  19. 8 d Pink-flowered plant — confectionery item (11)
  20. 12 d Young people (9)
  21. 16 d Resembling mushrooms or toadstools? (7)
  22. 17 d Cask (6)
  23. 19 d Bass instrument of the viol family with about the range of a cello (abbr) (5)
  24. 23 d Chart-topping number? (3)

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