One of the unclued entries (two words) can be followed by each of the others (two of three words, one of two words), according to Brewer.
Across
1 Clean turns into crashes – rash? (8)
8 What goes up, to go down like a lead balloon? (4)
14 Sinn Fein resisted revolutionary drinks (7)
16 Herbivore finally starts to like killing some deer (4)
17 Feminine to back out of awfully shameful dances (5)
18 Spot, catching cat in retreat, is being too dramatic (6)
22 Victory in closely fought double-header may be so (8, hyphened)
23 Moslem keeps avoiding alcohol in Biblical tree (7)
24 Extremely silent before old...
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