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  1. 1a Chirping insect (6)
  2. 4a Bolshoi Ballet base (6)
  3. 9a Person born between 23 October and 22 November? (7)
  4. 10a Ventured (5)
  5. 11a Vichyssoise ingredient (5)
  6. 12a Capital of Armenia (7)
  7. 13a Weed on a moon (anag) — early spring-flowering plant (4,7)
  8. 18a Foes (7)
  9. 20a Scandalise (5)
  10. 22a Big Band dance music (5)
  11. 23a Immortal (7)
  12. 24a Places of interest for tourists (6)
  13. 25a Sartre (anag) — check (6)
  14. 1d Dear (6)
  15. 2d Identical copy (5)
  16. 3d Forcibly removed from office (7)
  17. 5d Requisition (5)
  18. 6d Mobile home (7)
  19. 7d Walking through shallow water (6)
  20. 8d One's entire self (4,3,4)
  21. 14d Job opportunity (7)
  22. 15d Wander — wind about (7)
  23. 16d Parts of a poem (6)
  24. 17d Minor — snub (6)
  25. 19d Bullion bar (5)
  26. 21d Coolness and composure under strain (5)