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  1. 1 a Something that's partly good and partly bad (7,3)
  2. 7 a Herb (7)
  3. 8 a Stony substance that forms reefs in warm seas (5)
  4. 10 a Stupefied (informal) (4)
  5. 11 a Pre-prandial drink (8)
  6. 13 a Portable computer (6)
  7. 15 a Project for viewing — conceal from harm (6)
  8. 17 a Balderdash (8)
  9. 18 a Wind instrument (4)
  10. 21 a Military blockade (5)
  11. 22 a Fine porcelain with delicate colourings made in Saxony (7)
  12. 23 a Pirates' ensign (5,5)
  13. 1 d Of poor quality (5)
  14. 2 d Thoroughfare (4)
  15. 3 d Group of touring performers (6)
  16. 4 d Novelty sporting competition — arc cakes (anag) (4,4)
  17. 5 d Instrument for execution by strangulation once used in Spain (7)
  18. 6 d Blonde fairy tale protagonist (10)
  19. 9 d French fabulist, d. 1695 (2,8)
  20. 12 d Canada's second largest city (8)
  21. 14 d Medicine which has no physiological effect (7)
  22. 16 d Food store (6)
  23. 19 d Below (5)
  24. 20 d Mass of ice floating in the sea (4)

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