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ACROSS 1. Pull back from gun’s movement (6)

4. Desire to wed holding ant (6) 9. Eating, holding food container (3) 10. Clumsy and awkward design of mad tailor (9) 11. New fur ad is a trick (5) 12. Fossilised resin found next to church room (7)

14. One who watches plays or somebody going under the knife? (7-4) 17. Dreamlike, sure (almost) and true! (7)

18. Noisily ate half a dozen plus two more (5)

20. Get armies moving and moves abroad (9) 22. What you use to see middle of storm (3) 23. Feel even number is partially an odd number (6) 24. First good rat is free (6)

DOWN

1. Confirm Ray to accept fit up (6)

2. Con initially gets a Latin-American dance (5) 3. Media item rewritten in an instant (9)

5. Poor Dad to sum up (3) 6. He leaves the Russian currency problem (7) 7. Discourage deer eating first turnip (5) 8. To let celery be turned into sports drink ingredient (11) 13. Terrible gross rage reveals violent person (9) 15. Drug noisy, brave woman (7) 16. Sat about holding chicken in Greek capital (6) 17. European root vegetable (5) 19. Invited visitor estimated out loud (5)

21. Rove lost five eggs (3)