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  1. 1 a Number-one student (3,2,3,5)
  2. 8 a Groom’s assistant (4,3)
  3. 9 a Shell out little (5)
  4. 10 a Ear part (4)
  5. 11 a I get harp (anag) (8)
  6. 13 a Herbivore (6)
  7. 14 a You’ve been trapped! (6)
  8. 17 a Country with queen or king (8)
  9. 19 a Grudgingly admire (4)
  10. 21 a Miserly (5)
  11. 22 a Fennel-like flavour (7)
  12. 24 a Reach point where the only way is up (3,4,6)
  13. 1 d Bath (3)
  14. 2 d Letters received (7)
  15. 3 d Renown (4)
  16. 4 d Short of food (6)
  17. 5 d Disgusting place (8)
  18. 6 d Defence (5)
  19. 7 d Greatest power (9)
  20. 10 d Passionate marriage (4,5)
  21. 12 d Operatic text (8)
  22. 15 d Narcissism (7)
  23. 16 d Strike (6)
  24. 18 d Dark (5)
  25. 20 d Long car (4)
  26. 23 d Vague (3)

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