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18 Across, Practitioner's show of power? (8)

21 Across, Paperwork to be cleared up after signing contract? (8)

24 Across, Duke of Edinburgh, church swindles, and gold featuring in newspaper (6,7)

8 Down, Publish octet in new arrangement after article identifying musical skill (8,5)

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8 ABSOLUTE PITCH
Anagram PUBLISH OCTET after A

8 absolute pitch (anag.)

21a: confetti?

24 prince consort

24a: Prince consort = Duke of Edinburgh9def)
print - newspaper
ce- church
cons - swindling
or- gold

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18 is no doubt EXERCISE (practise, with allusion to military show of power as in NATO manœuvres)

18 may also be exponent - a practitoner and a mathemetical indication of the power to which a number is raised?