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  1. 1 a Country without a monarch (8)
  2. 5 a Folk tale (4)
  3. 9 a Great expanse of water (5)
  4. 10 a Aquatic red-billed bird (7)
  5. 11 a No jack of all trades! (3-5,4)
  6. 13 a Catcher of fish (6)
  7. 14 a Evergreen shrub (6)
  8. 17 a Hesitate (6-6)
  9. 20 a Or trees (anag) (7)
  10. 21 a Typed (5)
  11. 22 a I’m off! (2-2)
  12. 23 a Binge eating (8)
  13. 1 d Chess bird? (4)
  14. 2 d Old German coin (7)
  15. 3 d Drink (4,3,5)
  16. 4 d __ pentameter, poetic rhythm (6)
  17. 6 d Boor – hooray! (5)
  18. 7 d Hive hummer? (8)
  19. 8 d Worker’s garment (6,6)
  20. 12 d Classical Indian language (8)
  21. 15 d Call when hunting fox (5-2)
  22. 16 d On top (2,4)
  23. 18 d Stein (anag) (5)
  24. 19 d Whirlpool (4)

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