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Two meanings, present as in available/ready and next-door as in accessible/near by. Rather similar…

Cheers jono

8a. Odious way to see how far things disagree
COMPARE

15d. Future state of explosive energy in the logger
HEREAFTER

Parses for the above please .

15. HE = high explosive, then E (energy) in RAFTER (logger)

The other one refers to the phrase “comparisons are odious”.

Thanks Jono, never heard that phrase before.

20a. Sings badly - notedly so, but not dismissed
YODELS

11d. Allow bluff character to become very destructive
LETHAL

6a. Love to go on about Oriental work
OPERATE

4d. The legal profession misses these workers
BARMAIDS

Parses for the above please.

20, Anagram of "notedly so" minus "not".

20 Take 'not' out of 'notedly so' (but not dismissed) and anagram it.

4 D Just a 'whole clue in one', I think. Misses, girls, in the legal profession are these workers, barmaids (at the Bar...)