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  1. 1 a Diagonally-moving chess piece (6)
  2. 4 a Aussies’ airline (6)
  3. 8 a ___ apso (5)
  4. 9 a Word before ‘plaster’ or ‘pack’ – or, with a hyphen, one less famous than a 5d (7)
  5. 10 a Periodic pecuniary allowance (7)
  6. 11 a Number of stumps in a wicket (5)
  7. 12 a She’s in charge (9)
  8. 17 a Old saying or proverb (5)
  9. 19 a Alexandra Feodorovna, e.g. (7)
  10. 21 a Inhabitant of Tehran, e.g. (7)
  11. 22 a Type of wheat in a health food shop (5)
  12. 23 a Papua New ___ (6)
  13. 24 a ‘Et tu’ emperor (6)
  14. 1 d Displaying a lot of nerve (6)
  15. 2 d e.g. Arsenal’s Emirates (7)
  16. 3 d Speechify (5)
  17. 5 d One in celebrity’s top tier (1-6)
  18. 6 d One giving private lessons (5)
  19. 7 d Shrill cry (6)
  20. 9 d Racket sport (9)
  21. 13 d We / their (anag.) – Baltimore-set crime series (3,4)
  22. 14 d She rise (anag.) (7)
  23. 15 d ___ to go (eager) (6)
  24. 16 d Trade by exchange (6)
  25. 18 d Expensive violin or cello (5)
  26. 20 d Lost – in the Black, perhaps! (2,3)

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