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ACROSS

1. Learning through repetition (4) 3. Acknowledged (8) 9. Medical procedure (7) 10. Lag behind (5) 11. Belated consideration (12) 14. Twitch (3)

16. Pulsate (5)

17. Imitate (3) 18. Meeting (12) 21. Excuse (5) 22. Tombstone inscription (7) 23. Plausibility (8) 24. Carrying little fat (4) DOWN 1. Begins again (8) 2. Fortune telling cards (5) 4. Shy (3)

5. Admit being wrong (3,6,3) 6. Windpipe (7) 7. Uninspiring (4) 8. Clandestine political constabulary (6,6) 12. Wading bird (5) 13. Extend (8) 15. Succinct (7) 19. Picture (5) 20. Powder (abbr) (4) 22. And so on (abbr) (3)