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  1. 1 a Hasty – red spots or patches (4)
  2. 3 a Tools with pointed ends (3,5)
  3. 8 a Under the duvet (4)
  4. 9 a Beak gear (anag.) (8)
  5. 11 a Renewable rectangle? (5,5)
  6. 14 a 14-line verse form (6)
  7. 15 a C American republic (6)
  8. 17 a Billet-doux (4,6)
  9. 20 a Date gait (anag.) – in a stir (8)
  10. 21 a Fish or low voice (4)
  11. 22 a Like easier-to-eat grapes (8)
  12. 23 a ___ noire (4)
  13. 1 d Take another look at (8)
  14. 2 d Indicating the letters of (8)
  15. 4 d Grain used as food (6)
  16. 5 d Reconciler of foes (10)
  17. 6 d French moggy – chinwag (4)
  18. 7 d Check – part of a champagne flute (4)
  19. 10 d Mêlée (4-3-3)
  20. 12 d You can drive with greater velocity here (4,4)
  21. 13 d Netted-stick recreation (8)
  22. 16 d Pause – niche (6)
  23. 18 d Indication of phone’s reception (4)
  24. 19 d Idea (anag.) (4)

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