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  1. 1 a Old chap? (4)
  2. 3 a Take it to save time (5,3)
  3. 8 a Turn it to keep reading (4)
  4. 9 a Close platonic relationship between men (informal) (8)
  5. 11 a Magic formula delivering easy access (4,6)
  6. 14 a Set routine (6)
  7. 15 a Nylon fabric used as a fastening (6)
  8. 17 a Often (10)
  9. 20 a Make a formal declaration (8)
  10. 21 a Organic compound excreted in urine (4)
  11. 22 a Proposes (8)
  12. 23 a Large gathering of people with something in common (4)
  13. 1 d Old Mother Hubbard's was empty! (8)
  14. 2 d Concise and vivid representation (8)
  15. 4 d Bother (6)
  16. 5 d Recaptured from the past (10)
  17. 6 d Hypocritical talk (4)
  18. 7 d Extreme body parts (4)
  19. 10 d Ropy footwear? (10)
  20. 12 d With no harmful consequences (4,4)
  21. 13 d State where people have more than one spouse at a time (8)
  22. 16 d Partly close one's eyes (as when suddenly hit by bright light) (6)
  23. 18 d Watering places like Bath, say (4)
  24. 19 d Instrument in suspension (4)

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