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  1. 1 a Fitful (9)
  2. 8 a Widespread loathing (5)
  3. 9 a Romantic attachment (7)
  4. 10 a Intimate and cosy gossip (8)
  5. 11 a High point of St Peter's Basilica (4)
  6. 13 a Official pass (6)
  7. 14 a The swine won't appreciate them (6)
  8. 16 a A necessary thing (4)
  9. 17 a Takes cab (anag) — inferior position (8)
  10. 19 a Most piercing (7)
  11. 20 a Named the ninth rock from the sun in 1930, demoted to 'dwarf planet' in 2006 (5)
  12. 21 a Become suspicious (5,1,3)
  13. 1 d Meaningful (8)
  14. 2 d In flames (6)
  15. 3 d Alcohol made from fermented honey (4)
  16. 4 d Impolite (12)
  17. 5 d Exchange of views (12)
  18. 6 d Physical reaction to something hair-raising (5,7)
  19. 7 d Stressful (4-8)
  20. 12 d Where one is vulnerable (4,4)
  21. 15 d Salesperson's spiel (6)
  22. 18 d Somewhere up in the Lake District? (4)

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