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Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Take the chair with Latin version of first lady’s husband (12)

8. Replant Avon tree to make it like new (8)

9. Leaving one out as it summons one to dinner (4)

11. Was Gertrude a mug to be a writer? (5)

12. A ministrant might obediently sign himself so (7)

13. Transport for a corncrake (4)

15. Cup-bearer might bloom in NewZealand (4)

19. Troupe’s turned out of one’s carriage (7)

20. Pronounce it absolute (5)

22. Yield heartlessl­y and in an off-hand way (4)

23. To fight for a cause may tell against one (8)

24. Prejudiced as the dolichocep­halic may be? (6-6)

DOWN

2. As low and high as one can sing in the mountains (5)

3. Except for putting something by (6)

4. Hate the set-up when in debt, by the sound of it (6)

5. So I might be behind schedule and set one apart (7)

6. The right deal perhaps if one’s not serious (5-7)

7. An order for medicine is a claim based on long use (12)

10. Be inquisitiv­e with every other sporty character (3)

14. As 24 as Man is (7)

16. Amusement is not enough for the money supply (3)

17. A middling sort of communer with the spirits (6)

18. Melting of one sun is responsibl­e for (6)

21. Step by step follow the line from a recording instrument (5)

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