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  1. 1 a Intensive programme of instruction (5,6)
  2. 9 a Indian dish of curried meat in a tomato-based sauce (5,4)
  3. 10 a Commotion (3)
  4. 11 a Small, usually nocturnal, lizard (5)
  5. 13 a Increase rapidly — eg Bruno (anag) (7)
  6. 14 a White-coated stoat (6)
  7. 15 a Ring of light around a luminous object (6)
  8. 18 a Baltic capital (7)
  9. 20 a Colossus (5)
  10. 21 a Decay (which can be dry) (3)
  11. 22 a Detailed —complicated (9)
  12. 24 a Puberty (11)
  13. 2 d Equip with masts or sails (3)
  14. 3 d Isle of Wight resort (7)
  15. 4 d Merseyside town — White Christmas singer (6)
  16. 5 d Guide — Poe's Fall of the House of ___ (5)
  17. 6 d One who takes the blame for others (9)
  18. 7 d Consisting of small disconnected parts (11)
  19. 8 d Writing implement (8,3)
  20. 12 d Finished (9)
  21. 16 d Final result (7)
  22. 17 d Chronicles (6)
  23. 19 d Perfectly suited (5)
  24. 23 d Electric discharge between two points (3)

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