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  1. 1 a Unthreatening (8)
  2. 5 a Reverse (4)
  3. 9 a Get punished (3,2)
  4. 10 a Proportionately (3,4)
  5. 11 a Long prison term (4,8)
  6. 13 a It's up for debate (6)
  7. 14 a Strong effect (6)
  8. 17 a High fashion (5,7)
  9. 20 a Come after (7)
  10. 21 a Religion is 'the ___ of the people' (Karl Marx) (5)
  11. 22 a Severe respiratory disease, first identified in 2003 (4)
  12. 23 a Logically sound (8)
  13. 1 d Bumpkin (4)
  14. 2 d Not a first edition (7)
  15. 3 d Means of getting into correspondence (6,6)
  16. 4 d Evening meal (6)
  17. 6 d Adapt one's behaviour in the light of experience (5)
  18. 7 d Reproductive organ in the human uterus (8)
  19. 8 d Put on costume (anag) — showing disdain (12)
  20. 12 d Extra stress (8)
  21. 15 d Call before a court to answer an indictment (7)
  22. 16 d Cook in hot (not boiling) water (6)
  23. 18 d Slow-healing sore (5)
  24. 19 d In the thick of (4)

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