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  1. 1 a Tomb of slate (anag) – hide beneath it? (5,6)
  2. 9 a Most important (person) (6,3)
  3. 10 a Expressed – place (3)
  4. 11 a Illegitimately seize (power) (5)
  5. 13 a Failed to finish on time (7)
  6. 14 a Nautical fellows (6)
  7. 15 a Bogus (6)
  8. 18 a Unnecessary bureaucracy (3,4)
  9. 20 a Book store? (5)
  10. 21 a Shocking thing to say? (3)
  11. 22 a Suggestive suggestions (9)
  12. 24 a Unbiased (11)
  13. 2 d Candy or rest (3)
  14. 3 d Church tower (7)
  15. 4 d Daft mistake (3-3)
  16. 5 d Leitmotif (5)
  17. 6 d Fitting – on to upper (anag) (9)
  18. 7 d Come off a mailing list (11)
  19. 8 d Danish toffs (anag) – reserved, unfriendly (11)
  20. 12 d Variable (2-3-4)
  21. 16 d Stop (something) for a time (7)
  22. 17 d Woolly hat (6)
  23. 19 d Unrelated comment (5)
  24. 23 d Racket (3)

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