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23d Genuine regret after toppling leader 4 ???e
13d golly some disheartened flyers! 5 ??e??
1d song a specified male heard 4 h??n is it HYMN
9a cake unbalanced if cut in time 7 m???i?? Is it madeira
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23 True, genuine. T (oppling)_ +Rue, regret.

1 D Yes, Hymn sounds like Him, unspecified male.

13 Geese, flyers. Gee, golly + S(om)e, some disheartened, with the middle removed.

23d TRUE (T(opling) + RUE)

13d GEE + S(om)E

1d Yes, a homophone

9. Yes, Madeira, cake.

Mad = Unbalanced
Era = time
I(f) = if cut/shorten the word 'if'.

In = put the I inside Era.