18a Better if home gin settles as things stand presently. ??? ??? ?I?E
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16d Dependent on G-force amid a large land mass ????I?G???
17d Or rather for the most-cleverly challenged. ???S???S?
1d Politician put paid to after going on the canvass? ?O?N?E? ???
19d Must shell out endlessly for distressed areas ??? ???M?