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Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Unwise purchase, a bonneted porker (1,3,2,1,4)

7. Study the omen that will transfer one (7)

9. The volition that shows what is left (4)

11. Oafish people – there are many around university (5) 12. Instruct one how to go straight to it (6)

14. May be lit in gentle fashion, yet bright (11)

18. A stand-in may put dye out for one (6)

20. How one relieves the pressure on one who’s tight? (5) 22. The head quietly had a meal (4)

23. Is under revision, the way one has cover (7)

24. They may be heard in ecclesiast­ical convocatio­ns (6,5)

DOWN

2. Emperor may be up in gen, anyhow (7)

3. One over the eight Muses (4)

4. This board gave one a seat in the old bus (5)

5. A nagging woman, namely, gets chilly (5)

6. Apartments made up into stage settings (5)

8. Closely examines the way scent is quietly made up (8) 10. Vests for those unmarried – and about time! (8)

13. Light hired vehicle that would go by air (3)

15. List Ron compiled for the airway (7)

16. Make it fit at holding jotter up (5)

17. This apart, ideas can be worked out (5)

19. How steep the roof is, and how black (5)

21. Inner skin may have significan­t meaning (4)

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