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1d Order to keep incredibly brave leaders from last season in sight (10)
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18d Better, having dismissed students (8)
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Thanks!

18d outclass

1d observable

Thanks - thought that would help with 9a

Noted great support returning by the dawning of 16 7, finally! (9)

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16,7 is Brighton and Hove Albion, so can it be Beethoven or is it the name of a footaballer I've never heard of?!

Yes, reckon it is - because that makes 23a fidalgo

23a is Fidelio !

IF (poem) OILED (moving effortlessly)
Recalled = Fidelio - Beethoven

23 Ac is FIDELIO, the thematic composer's only opera. Watch out there is a major error in this crossword. In the SW corner. What should be EROICA in a down solution, does not fit with SPINACH in an across.

oops - didn't think out the clue properly - thanks for that!

The Guardian crossword editor has apologised for the error and will accept either 22a or 20 being correct.

THANKYOU!! I thought I was going mental! But the the Grauniad is a bit prone to spelling errors...........