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  1. 1 a Act too soon (4,3,3)
  2. 7 a Tad (7)
  3. 8 a Provide with something specifically required (5)
  4. 10 a Whip (4)
  5. 11 a Short contest to test acceleration (4,4)
  6. 13 a Protest (6)
  7. 15 a Joint author with Karl Marx of The Communist Manifesto (1848) (6)
  8. 17 a African antbear (8)
  9. 18 a Thread (4)
  10. 21 a Level odds (5)
  11. 22 a Do a bunk (7)
  12. 23 a Mathematical function — mainly loop (anag) (10)
  13. 1 d Betrayer who acts like a friend (5)
  14. 2 d Dirt (4)
  15. 3 d Voice quality (6)
  16. 4 d Budding (8)
  17. 5 d Emit long loud cries (7)
  18. 6 d Make better (10)
  19. 9 d Agreeable remark (10)
  20. 12 d Caricature (8)
  21. 14 d Cause to sink without trace — poor Ted (anag) (7)
  22. 16 d Noble (6)
  23. 19 d Horrify (5)
  24. 20 d West African country (4)

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