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  1. 1 a Hotel vegetable? (5,7)
  2. 9 a Foretell from signs (5)
  3. 10 a Using more words than necessary (7)
  4. 11 a Herb (4)
  5. 12 a What in the US is called a sidewalk (8)
  6. 14 a Frantically busy (6)
  7. 15 a Buzz cut, bun or braids perhaps (6)
  8. 18 a Support and strengthen from below (8)
  9. 20 a Precious stone (4)
  10. 22 a Willingly fulfilling obligations (7)
  11. 23 a Taylor or bird? (5)
  12. 24 a Happy and significant occasion (3-6,3)
  13. 2 d Kind and beautiful – like Gabriel, perhaps? (7)
  14. 3 d Man-eating giant (4)
  15. 4 d Warning (6)
  16. 5 d Canal boat crew bloke (8)
  17. 6 d Regained complete consciousness (5)
  18. 7 d Coat metal using current to transfer ions (12)
  19. 8 d Emergency motorway stopping area (4,8)
  20. 13 d Rail fire (anag) (3,5)
  21. 16 d Very accurate copy (7)
  22. 17 d Flower – colour (6)
  23. 19 d Old-fashioned – accompanied romantically (5)
  24. 21 d Operator (4)

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