QUICK CLUES

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1 What-d’you-call-it (11) 9 Fundamental (7) 10 Ravioli for example (5) 11 Poverty (4) 12 Motionless (8) 14 Military rebellion (6) 16 To sieve (6) 18 Recklessly hazardous (8) 19 Resound (4) 22 Banishment (5) 23 Business agreement (7) 24 To stall (4,3,4)

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2 Refuse to commit oneself (5) 3 Agreeable (4) 4 Self-possession (6) 5 Begin to deal with (8) 6 Motivate (7)

7 Highly skilled chess player (11) 8 Relevant instance (4,2,5) 13 Inopportune (8)

15 Of little importance (7) 17 A woody tropical grass (6) 20 Just title (5) 21 Indomitable courage (4)