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  1. 1 a Sleep-like state sometimes attempted in therapy (8)
  2. 5 a Snatch (4)
  3. 9 a Shoo! (5)
  4. 10 a Hand over (7)
  5. 11 a Question posed at the end of October (5,2,5)
  6. 13 a Period of greatest success or popularity (6)
  7. 14 a Make numb (6)
  8. 17 a Slow down and stop working (5,2,1,4)
  9. 20 a Change (a word) – vary (a pitch) (7)
  10. 21 a New version of a song (5)
  11. 22 a Fast-running animal – playwright David (4)
  12. 23 a Bound as e.g. bricks (8)
  13. 1 d # (4)
  14. 2 d Depict (7)
  15. 3 d Novel set in America’s Great Depression (2,4,3,3)
  16. 4 d Not al fresco (6)
  17. 6 d Variety show (5)
  18. 7 d Low singing voice (8)
  19. 8 d Someone overly keen on fashionable attire (7,5)
  20. 12 d Like a violent hooligan (8)
  21. 15 d Establish the boundaries of (7)
  22. 16 d Pointed beard (6)
  23. 18 d Deduce (5)
  24. 19 d Cancelled (4)

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