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Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. If forward-thinking, press − or give it a whirl (11)

8. Musical interval in position C (5)

9. Think one guilty, so set cups out (7)

10. It made her moon about: oestrogen, was it? (7)

11. Electricit­y, as supplied to an influentia­l world state (5)

12. A blue flower of a noted variety (6)

14. It follows the wrong road, but with skill (6)

18. The trite appearance of a Phoenician god around the North (5)

19. Give one the right to give something a name (7)

21. An air company arranges for toy instrument (7)

23. How it catches one’s personal luggage (5)

24. It may be pompous: laugh, if hint is given of it (11)

DOWN

1. Hated PC version of it to be repaired (7)

2. A Greek character on micro-wave (7)

3. A Dior creation set for reception (5)

4. The way of doing it for my set’s wrong (6)

5. Being wishy-washy about one sin, pickpocket turns up (7)

6. I sound as if one can thread cotton through it (3)

7. Croat might have been one to take part (5)

13. One is invoicing somebody for the theatrical advertisin­g (7)

15. It takes one rejected by us to act in such a way (7)

16. The first thief and the motive for crime (7)

17. Be just fifty percent on someone’s account (6)

18. Stale, worthless, and out of breath (5)

20. It’s all there is to converse about endlessly (5)

22. Has the letters scattered after burning (3)

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