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  1. 1 a Little European grebe (8)
  2. 5 a An American period (4)
  3. 9 a Ballet skirts (5)
  4. 10 a Alike all over (7)
  5. 11 a Fail utterly (2,4,3,3)
  6. 13 a Frank (6)
  7. 14 a Monday (anag) — Moscow football club (6)
  8. 17 a Rabble-rousing (12)
  9. 20 a One of King Kong's family? (7)
  10. 21 a Anaesthetised (5)
  11. 22 a Conservative PM twice between 1834 and 1846 (4)
  12. 23 a Lincolnshire seaside resort (8)
  13. 1 d Day, month and year (4)
  14. 2 d Dodgy digital currency (7)
  15. 3 d Rich loyalist (anag) — in the past (12)
  16. 4 d Milk containers (6)
  17. 6 d Cavalry unit (5)
  18. 7 d Nepotism (anag) — peppers (8)
  19. 8 d Nervous and easily upset (6,6)
  20. 12 d Behaving badly (6,2)
  21. 15 d Diminish — curtail (7)
  22. 16 d Go aboard (6)
  23. 18 d Counterfeit (5)
  24. 19 d Not amateurs (abbr) (4)

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