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  1. 1a Going down of Earth's satellite (7)
  2. 8a So-so (7)
  3. 9a Groundbreaker (7)
  4. 10a Work of a cartographer (7)
  5. 11a Throw out (5)
  6. 13a Without serious competition — hands down (2,7)
  7. 15a Top Communist Party political committee (9)
  8. 18a Value (5)
  9. 21a Proof of purchase (7)
  10. 22a Plumbing fixtures for men only (7)
  11. 23a Set off (7)
  12. 24a Contradicted (7)
  13. 1d Hard light-coloured wood used for furniture (5)
  14. 2d <span>Colourless gas, O</span><sub>3</sub> (5)
  15. 3d Whispered endearments (5,8)
  16. 4d Road-surfacing substance (6)
  17. 5d Alley game (6,7)
  18. 6d Over simple (6)
  19. 7d Significance (6)
  20. 12d Roman queen of the gods, wife and sister of Jupiter (4)
  21. 14d Study hard before an exam (4)
  22. 15d Sinlessness (6)
  23. 16d Post-closing time pub drinking session (4-2)
  24. 17d Rise (6)
  25. 19d Respond — reply (5)
  26. 20d Watered with a flexible pipe (5)