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  1. 1 a Songbird (6)
  2. 4 a Pulled with a jerk (6)
  3. 8 a Shadow (5)
  4. 9 a Mexican salamander (7)
  5. 10 a Vomit – rear (5,2)
  6. 11 a Annoyed (5)
  7. 12 a Describing a finely cut slice or chocolate mint (5-4)
  8. 16 a Brushwood – abandon (plans eg) (5)
  9. 17 a In a haughty, detached way (7)
  10. 19 a Declared to be true (7)
  11. 20 a Eg Tosca or Aida (5)
  12. 21 a More straightforward (6)
  13. 22 a Reduced (esp. cheese) to slivers (6)
  14. 1 d All fingers and ___ (fumbling) (6)
  15. 2 d Interconnected burrows (6,7)
  16. 3 d Words used informally (5)
  17. 5 d Put an end to (practice or institution) (7)
  18. 6 d Consequence of one event triggering others (5-2,6)
  19. 7 d Cause to accept what is false as true (6)
  20. 9 d & (9)
  21. 13 d Maker of opulent jewelled eggs – free bag (anag) (7)
  22. 14 d Agent, car or duty (6)
  23. 15 d Unstamped/unfranked post delivered this way (2,4)
  24. 18 d Smell (often unpleasant) (5)

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