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Across:
1. Babes with rectangular extremities somehow help you with cutting-edge tools (7)
5. Race around ten squared cricket-pitch lengths (4)
7. The small city will not be shortly changed (4)
8. Use tray somehow to get to the tidal river-mouth (7)
9. Dormant, refreshing talent (6)
10. A circus accoutrement may catch muddled alphabetical end in a non-British way (7)
13. Fall behind with empty-headed goon to reach the salt-water lake (6)
15. One of the hundred cellulose fabrics is colourful and waxy (6)
18. Happen before something that was somehow parted electronically (7)
20. A confusing publicity race for acquiring the supporting series of a kind (6)
21. Accomplish the corruption of the best of the pack in a bee house (7)
22. Renovated room became an open wasteland (4)
23. Creepy, headless lake (4)
24. Disgruntled son glares at the set of gifts (7)
Down:
2. Hitler was born where Al wasn’t down-under (7)
3. Relate without right to induce excitement (5)
4. A partly floral way of doing things (5)
5. Ferrous deficiency is caused by the absorption of volatile amine by Alcoholics Anonymous (7)
6. Destroy the snake-tail on the way (5)
11. Enthusiasm without much ado while dozing (4)
12. Mark of an injury due to crashing of cars (4)
14. Result of a changed coo not heard (7)
16. Dazedly save shortened long month to get sets of seven diatonic notes (7)
17. The head of the borough is on a short march with half-rebounding toy (5)
18. A gem of a Russian cereal (5)
19. The clear sky can be imagined to consist of anaesthesia (5)
