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  1. 1 a Plato’s tutor (8)
  2. 5 a Throne’s platform (4)
  3. 9 a A proper look at the books (5)
  4. 10 a Concerning the ticker (7)
  5. 11 a Instrument often erroneously referred to as a xylophone (12)
  6. 13 a Bird with a very showy mate (6)
  7. 14 a 7” platter (6)
  8. 17 a Cowboy’s voluminous headgear (3-6,3)
  9. 20 a Evidently sincere (7)
  10. 21 a Postponement of rising (3-2)
  11. 22 a Pip – source – offspring (4)
  12. 23 a Workshy (4-4)
  13. 1 d Retinal ___ (4)
  14. 2 d Wiggle in ‘soupçon’ (7)
  15. 3 d Rigid document carriers (7,5)
  16. 4 d Shun (6)
  17. 6 d Legal term meaning ‘elsewhere’ in Latin (5)
  18. 7 d Soi-disant (2-6)
  19. 8 d Artist’s name for ferric ferrocyanide (8,4)
  20. 12 d Devoid of blemishes (8)
  21. 15 d OK (2-5)
  22. 16 d The worse for wear (6)
  23. 18 d Hospital employee (5)
  24. 19 d Green Gables inhabitant (4)

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