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  1. 1 a 1950s-1960s pointed-toe shoes – shellfish gatherers? (6-7)
  2. 8 a Improve (7)
  3. 9 a Afro-Cuban dance (5)
  4. 10 a Drains energy from (4)
  5. 11 a Place of religious retirement (8)
  6. 13 a Respiratory tract (6)
  7. 14 a Complain peevishly (6)
  8. 17 a Dryer (3,5)
  9. 19 a Fairy-tale giant (4)
  10. 21 a Sign of the zodiac (5)
  11. 22 a Keyed in (7)
  12. 24 a Conveying praise – given free (13)
  13. 1 d Go (3)
  14. 2 d One expected to fail (2-5)
  15. 3 d Long and lifeless (of hair) (4)
  16. 4 d Spanish rice dish (6)
  17. 5 d Coast road built along cliff-face (8)
  18. 6 d Tourist in Cornwall (5)
  19. 7 d Cooling air at the beach (3,6)
  20. 10 d Know-all – scam alert (anag) (5,4)
  21. 12 d London street on Monopoly board (4,4)
  22. 15 d Most populous country in Africa (7)
  23. 16 d Gulf jet or main (6)
  24. 18 d Photographs stored in this (5)
  25. 20 d Render unconscious (4)
  26. 23 d Riser rot or run (3)

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