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  1. 1 a Increase in strength or quantity, sometimes economic (7)
  2. 8 a Footballer’s nightmare (3,4)
  3. 9 a It goes from the shoulder to the elbow (7)
  4. 10 a Droopy-eared, silky-coated companion (7)
  5. 11 a They’re performed on the boards (5)
  6. 13 a Aspiration unlikely to transpire (4,5)
  7. 15 a Talk about the old days (9)
  8. 18 a Roman form of transport? (5)
  9. 21 a Legs, so to speak (7)
  10. 22 a Hee-hawers (7)
  11. 23 a Simple BMX trick (7)
  12. 24 a The point of the church? (7)
  13. 1 d Not trendy (5)
  14. 2 d Lively modern ballroom dance (5)
  15. 3 d Reckless (13)
  16. 4 d ___monger (6)
  17. 5 d NZ equivalent to HMRC (6,7)
  18. 6 d Eco-bid (anag.) – ___-ripper (lowbrow literary genre) (6)
  19. 7 d Zigzag race (6)
  20. 12 d Mojito fruit (4)
  21. 14 d Straddling (4)
  22. 15 d Stitched once again (6)
  23. 16 d Protected by a watery trench (6)
  24. 17 d Ghosts – eyewear – hues (6)
  25. 19 d Brush – extend – Sooty’s pal (5)
  26. 20 d Part of a church or a supermarket (5)

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