Previously ending in disaster, a foreign market here? (5)

Guardian Cryptic #25494 | 9 Across | 2011-12-01
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

AGO [previously] + [disaste]R + A: this is the definition I’m familiar with – the ancient Greek market place – but I met it in a Neo crossword the other day as an Israeli monetary unit, so I’ve filed that away 10 FÊTE : FEE [charge] around T[ime] 11 BABYLONIAN : BABY [little] + NI [National Insurance] in LOAN [advance] 12 TROWEL : R[iver] in TOWEL [drier] 14 ROMANIAN : RAN [controlled] around [borders] OMANI [Asian] 20 AIRBORNE : AIR [strain – a song] + R [solveR’s end] in BONE [something to contend with – ‘a bone of contention’]: the definition is ‘up’ 22 LINNET : L [50] IN [the] NET 23 ALTERNATED : A + TERN [bird] in [cutting]  LATE [dead] + D[uck] 24,21 LONG ISLAND : anagram [ground] of LOSING + LAND [gain] 25,22 NAKED LADIES : anagram [hybrid] of AND LAKESIDE: a typical Paul answer but this time just the name of a flower [so-called because it blooms without leaves]: it has various other names but I think here it’s the Autumn crocus. I’ll leave you to google your own link!

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