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7d. Funding raised over family abuse
DIATRIBE

11d. Ones served in jug perhaps
SENTENCE

24a. Name a shrew rejected, start to tame shrew
TERMAGANT

1a. Headlong plunge?
PRECIPITATE

10a. Hands in a welcome deal
AGREEMENT

16a. Pot contains recipe before call of dinner
PRANDIAL

Parses for the above please.

7d AID (funding) raised (in a down clue) over TRIBE (family)

11d “jug” is slang for prison

24a TERM (name) + A (a) NAG (shrew) reversed+ T (start to tame) = TERMAGENT a shrew

10a MEN (hands) in A GREET (a welcome)

16a PAN (pot) containing R (recipe) + DIAL (call)
Definition is “of dinner”

1a. Not sure how this is cryptic. Chambers has…

precipitate /pri-sipˈi-tāt/
To hurl headlong
To pitch (oneself) over-enthusiastically into action, etc
To rush in haste
To fall headlong (Shakespeare)

Thanks for the replies.
As for PRECIPITATE, I think it's a double definition....in jonos list...first definition HEADLONG and the second definition (synonymous with plunge, I guess)

Thanks

8d. Run away from snaky character, one who finds fault
SCARPER

4d. Criticise success that comes through lots of tricks
SLAM

Parses for the above please.

8d. To run away from is to ‘scarper’. One who finds fault is one who carps, so a ‘carper’. And a “snaky character” i.e. a letter that snakes around, is ‘S’

4d. I think this has something to do with with bridge, so I’ll let others opine.