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  1. 1 a Aspect of cryptography (4-8)
  2. 9 a Egg-shaped (5)
  3. 10 a Caustic (7)
  4. 11 a ‘It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun.’ (4)
  5. 12 a In truth (archaic) (8)
  6. 14 a Officially call (to attend) (6)
  7. 15 a Wood-cutting tool (6)
  8. 18 a E.g. do a salchow or a lutz (3,5)
  9. 20 a Blessing – partner of Mills (4)
  10. 22 a Buddhist beatitude (7)
  11. 23 a Greek island (5)
  12. 24 a Tablet enabling hieroglyphics to be deciphered (7,5)
  13. 2 d American marsupial (7)
  14. 3 d Whirlpool – cyclist Merckx (4)
  15. 4 d Light-hearted film genre (6)
  16. 5 d Its first letters spell a message (8)
  17. 6 d Rocky Mountain state (5)
  18. 7 d Grow nervous (3,3,4,2)
  19. 8 d Lucrative activity (5-7)
  20. 13 d Food seasoning (halite) (4,4)
  21. 16 d Highlander’s pouch (7)
  22. 17 d Layers (6)
  23. 19 d Pulls in (5)
  24. 21 d Jazz singing style (4)

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