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  1. 1 a Very dirty fighting? (3-9)
  2. 9 a Ring thrown in a game to land on or near an upright peg (5)
  3. 10 a Like a Venetian blind? (7)
  4. 11 a Press (4)
  5. 12 a First thing? (8)
  6. 14 a Gas, O (6)
  7. 15 a Struggle (6)
  8. 18 a San Francisco prison, once holding a Birdman? (8)
  9. 20 a Run away as fast as possible (4)
  10. 22 a Type that slopes (7)
  11. 23 a Dobson, Ekberg or Roddick (5)
  12. 24 a Poem for the young (7,5)
  13. 2 d Study of alien aviation? (7)
  14. 3 d Electrical power unit (4)
  15. 4 d London rail terminus (6)
  16. 5 d Cheers! (5,3)
  17. 6 d Bury (5)
  18. 7 d Degenerate rapidly (2,4,3,3)
  19. 8 d Use of intentionally vague language (12)
  20. 13 d Straddle (the No 1 horse?) (8)
  21. 16 d Hercule Poirot's homeland (7)
  22. 17 d Boggy (6)
  23. 19 d Professorial position? (5)
  24. 21 d - (4)

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