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Across

1. ‘Col’ and ‘Bob’ are names of birds?? (11)

7. Lookout positioned on isle is an ancient person (7)

8. Skin blemish needs army doctor Rex. Is here? Relief expressed! (7)

10. Being foolishly inept, get killed in flat-bottomed boat (5)

11. Lambert and Myrna in broadcast on air: “Type Of Metal” (5,4)

12. Crossbow shooter corrects aim, gets Fringe Cups (7)

14. Small goat and small crow found in North Canterbury stream (7)

15. Programme popularity gauged by these on Board (7)

18. Range of vision was Harold’s problem (7)

20. Bizarre response by shop assistant having been thanked: “Stupid Pleb! Moron!” (2,7)

21. Rugby fan goes to Eden Park in which there is thermal mud (5)

22. Showy expert (very popular) has stroke in pool (7)

23. The southern States seen through lens, but differentl­y (7)

24. Parts of some poems from Frost upset Reich in Nazi organisati­on (5,6)

Down

1. Cut a line in two? A bit more than that (7)

2. Tip your head underneath, being short and stout (5)

3. Plant worker in Los Angeles, North America (7)

4. Proceeds unsteadily in recording church choral album Bless This House (7)

5. Cabbage tree – we hear why it is planted between two lots of thin rope (9)

6. Went fast about that woman – encircled (7)

7. Some descendant­s acted strangely on Britain’s first American station (5,6)

9. Being left outside, was deprived (4,7)

13. He sure could bat – Noah?? – I’m staggered! (3,6)

16. Spatter all around – that’s rare for barman (7)

17. Crushed lotuses – they dissolve in liquid (7)

18. Peru’s dormant volcano in Stahlhelm is tired of being active! (2,5)

19. They pass those managing dogs, then get left out (7)

21. Female on small island is a bird naturally (5)

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