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  1. 1 a Gaudy and OTT (12)
  2. 9 a Ram in the sky (5)
  3. 10 a Increasingly drizzly – former Monacan ruler (7)
  4. 11 a What you may do to oats or your ‘r’s (4)
  5. 12 a What a full stop ends (8)
  6. 14 a Scallywag (6)
  7. 15 a Hoyle’s predecessor (6)
  8. 18 a Playful marine mammal (3,5)
  9. 20 a Apple’s digital assistant (4)
  10. 22 a In an intemperate manner (7)
  11. 23 a She said ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ (5)
  12. 24 a Bandit at the bird-feeder (4,8)
  13. 2 d South ___ – guards (7)
  14. 3 d Timor or Grinstead (4)
  15. 4 d Fowl – country (6)
  16. 5 d Square root of 169 (8)
  17. 6 d One often pickled in the pub (5)
  18. 7 d Script scribe (12)
  19. 8 d Rigid harness (anag) – doing the ‘do’? (12)
  20. 13 d Nitwit’s quality (8)
  21. 16 d Thai, for one (7)
  22. 17 d Ta-ra! (3,3)
  23. 19 d Peak performance (1,4)
  24. 21 d Pale – sporting – expo (4)

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