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  1. 1 a Exploitative outsider – rug buyer? (12)
  2. 9 a O compound (5)
  3. 10 a Questions and beer event (3,4)
  4. 11 a Stick (4)
  5. 12 a Gloomy (8)
  6. 14 a Sports doctor? (6)
  7. 15 a (Turned) sour (6)
  8. 18 a Resident of small house (8)
  9. 20 a Bollinger, say (4)
  10. 22 a Indiscretion (4,3)
  11. 23 a Cloth with woven, sloping lines (5)
  12. 24 a Freedom to do as one wishes (5,7)
  13. 2 d Aptitude (7)
  14. 3 d Leap (anag.) (4)
  15. 4 d Barking leader? (3,3)
  16. 5 d Of oaks and elms etc (8)
  17. 6 d Stern (reply?) (5)
  18. 7 d Attention-grabbing activity (6-6)
  19. 8 d Polynesian musical? (5,7)
  20. 13 d NY (3,5)
  21. 16 d Irish knees-up with storytelling (7)
  22. 17 d Prickly plant (6)
  23. 19 d More faithful (5)
  24. 21 d Knock senseless (4)

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