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  1. 1 a Golly! (4)
  2. 3 a Alpha female? (5,3)
  3. 8 a Orderly (4)
  4. 9 a Dissembling (8)
  5. 11 a Absurd (10)
  6. 14 a Render powerless (6)
  7. 15 a Male lover financially supported by a woman (6)
  8. 17 a Theatrical stand-in (10)
  9. 20 a Critic (8)
  10. 21 a Healthy — source of water (4)
  11. 22 a Comfortably off (4-2-2)
  12. 23 a Cook slowly in liquid (4)
  13. 1 d Localised decomposition of body tissue (8)
  14. 2 d Soft silvery metal, Sc (8)
  15. 4 d Rowdy (6)
  16. 5 d Devotee — Seth is a nut (anag) (10)
  17. 6 d Attachment (4)
  18. 7 d East of ___ , 1952 Steinbeck novel (4)
  19. 10 d Film audition (6,4)
  20. 12 d Cenotaph or shrine (8)
  21. 13 d Significant setback (4,4)
  22. 16 d Celebrity — story (6)
  23. 18 d Sprouted (4)
  24. 19 d Rounded like an egg (4)

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