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  1. 1 a Railway track less wide than the standard 56.5 inches (6,5)
  2. 9 a Altruistic (9)
  3. 10 a Chopper (3)
  4. 11 a Dig (5)
  5. 13 a Start of play in ice hockey (4-3)
  6. 14 a Window dressing — a decaf (anag) (6)
  7. 15 a Small measure of alcohol (6)
  8. 18 a Surgical instrument — true etc (anag) (7)
  9. 20 a Key principle or assumption (5)
  10. 21 a Barley bristle (3)
  11. 22 a Man-made lake (9)
  12. 24 a It indicates where to get a haircut (7,4)
  13. 2 d Donkey (3)
  14. 3 d Broadcast (7)
  15. 4 d Smelly (informal) (6)
  16. 5 d For one specific purpose (2,3)
  17. 6 d One of the 13 historic counties of Wales, split into three in 1972 (9)
  18. 7 d Not deep (11)
  19. 8 d Not deep (11)
  20. 12 d Tropical tree with blue trumpet-shaped flowers (9)
  21. 16 d Rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land (7)
  22. 17 d More impenetrable (6)
  23. 19 d Beat rhythmically (5)
  24. 23 d Night bird (3)

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