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In this Tectonic crossword, every answer is formed by the subduction of one word under another. For example, CLIFF might subduct under ROCK to form CROCK. The traditional definition is always at one end of the clue, and clues to the two subducting words appear in the same order as their answers.

Across

7 One who fishes can be obtuse medic (6)

8 Overly sentimental morally suspect beetle (6)

9 Wager indigenous wildlife, inferior in pack life (4)

10 Geological period concealed Monty Python鈥檚 alternative Messiah (8)

11 Unpredictable task, a sudden movement (7)

13 Fool Armageddon trial (5)

15 Cordon off a wetland love affair (5)

17 Natural material belongs to me, the Queen鈥檚 Scottish residence (7)

20 Stick to mature geological splitting (8)

21 Portable surface intended for beam (4)

23 Meet poem to conceal messages (6)

24 Rubbish used for fishing gemstone (6)

Down

1 Bet worker or queen, for example, Indian currency (4)

2 European mountain, destination of the Odyssey鈥檚 star South American mammal (6)

3 Rock playwright Bertolt鈥檚 intelligence service (7)

4 Did the breaststroke, not down marshland (5)

5 Support fathers鈥� facial hair (6)

6 The almighty New Orleans dish mountain (8)

12 Mathematician Bernhard: 鈥渢hrow out white wine!鈥� (8)

14 Pretend to have been fouled, push, go separate ways (7)

16 Stable part of the Earth鈥檚 crust splits a lot (6)

18 Complete doorway anger (6)

19 Gemstone surface confronts 1982 alien (5)

22 Top primate fornication (4)

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