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  1. 1a Lower in status (6)
  2. 4a Italian brandy (6)
  3. 9a Nod once (anag) — make allowances for (7)
  4. 10a Twelve dozen (5)
  5. 11a Ready (anag) — pet (5)
  6. 12a Exhausted (4,3)
  7. 13a One looking after a golf course (11)
  8. 18a Part exchange (5-2)
  9. 20a Upper leg (5)
  10. 22a One of the Brontë sisters (5)
  11. 23a Requisite (7)
  12. 24a Undergo genetic change (6)
  13. 25a Tempestuous (6)
  14. 1d Period of years (6)
  15. 2d Large ray (5)
  16. 3d Painkilling (medicine) (7)
  17. 5d Message received and understood! (5)
  18. 6d Move up — market (7)
  19. 7d Property (6)
  20. 8d Renewal of an interest (11)
  21. 14d Pragmatic person (7)
  22. 15d Request earnestly (7)
  23. 16d Watercourse (6)
  24. 17d Altogether (6)
  25. 19d Country ruled by Cleopatra (5)
  26. 21d Deduce (5)