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  1. 1 a Vacillating (5-8)
  2. 8 a Curve (3)
  3. 9 a Like Doubting Thomas – castle pic (anag.) (9)
  4. 10 a Close shave (4,4)
  5. 11 a Attempt to con the ref – seedy establishment (4)
  6. 13 a I appreciate that! (6)
  7. 14 a Apelike (6)
  8. 16 a To boot (4)
  9. 17 a Extinct, flightless bird (5,3)
  10. 20 a Ornamental trees (9)
  11. 21 a Wrath (3)
  12. 22 a Office furniture (6,7)
  13. 1 d Exhaust (5)
  14. 2 d Half-hearted (13)
  15. 3 d Veils of Muslim women (8)
  16. 4 d Opposed (6)
  17. 5 d ‘Play on the ___, beholding the towns burn’ (Henry VI, Part I) (4)
  18. 6 d The act of making someone appear guilty (13)
  19. 7 d Spanish ship (7)
  20. 12 d E.g. riboflavin or thiamine (7,1)
  21. 13 d Thief – basis of a hot drink (3,4)
  22. 15 d Line of latitude (6)
  23. 18 d Genuflected (5)
  24. 19 d Scheme (4)

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