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  1. 1 a Witticism (4)
  2. 3 a Marshy area - predicament (8)
  3. 8 a In the same place (in footnotes) (4)
  4. 9 a Preserved like a mummy (8)
  5. 11 a Being in charge – he lip-reads (anag.) (10)
  6. 14 a Pasta strip - improvise music (6)
  7. 15 a Puppet exploited by someone else (6)
  8. 17 a Indecent (10)
  9. 20 a Strutting dance – picnic (8)
  10. 21 a Hawaiian dance (4)
  11. 22 a Carbon ____ (8)
  12. 23 a Amend (4)
  13. 1 d Collaborator with an occupying enemy (8)
  14. 2 d Emulator (8)
  15. 4 d Maximum (6)
  16. 5 d Formation of ice masses (10)
  17. 6 d Poet's foot (4)
  18. 7 d Stops (4)
  19. 10 d Substance melted and stamped on official documents (7,3)
  20. 12 d Stagnant (8)
  21. 13 d Police or army rank (8)
  22. 16 d Concealed, as a bride may be (6)
  23. 18 d Con (4)
  24. 19 d Flay – fruit peel (4)

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