CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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1. Something annoying is discovered in shade of meaning (8)
4. Braided button produced from tadpole perhaps? (4)
8. Anaesthetic may make one droop backwards (3)
9. Liberal coal distribution in the vicinity (5)
10. Unhappy sound thus reaching Brideshead (3)
11. Boy-singer, enheartened by big number, will shake… (7)
12. …and so sing part of chorale: do you return it? (5)
13. Can't see well how things are decomposed (4-7)
17. Topless measurement according to scales for number in boat (5)
18. They destroy a youngster coming back in vehicles (7)
20. Faithfully follow steps of one such as setter (3)
21. Pulls up horse in a mire in Sussex (5)
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23. Had to have been a manufacturer (4)
24. Full of respect, always being involved in accommodation payment (8)
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1. Deny there are four less in what one may take print from (6)
2. Publish the point in dispute (5)
3. Group of songs related how one might ride (5)
5. It is left re-introducing the team universally included (7)
6. Talk turkey, and eat fast! (6)
7. Toys with object in dramatic presentations (10)
9. Classic work a right-winger needs for scientific room (10)
14. Took on a funny man's line, in need of change (7)
15. Elms do get blown about on rare occasions (6)
16. Declare when rest has been disturbed (6)
18. Inflection of the verb heard from one speaking (5)
19. What borrower soundly seeks by himself (5)