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  1. 1a Commendation (6)
  2. 4a God-fearing (5)
  3. 7a Hang around for no good reason (6)
  4. 8a Excerpt (6)
  5. 9a <span>For</span><i> his </i><span>sake, words expressing annoyance!</span> (4)
  6. 10a Recent recruit (8)
  7. 12a Avebury's prehistoric ring (5,6)
  8. 17a Sign of the zodiac (8)
  9. 19a Bound along (4)
  10. 20a Stick together (6)
  11. 21a High-altitude wispy cloud (6)
  12. 22a Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, d. 1924 (5)
  13. 23a Record cover (6)
  14. 1d Skill (7)
  15. 2d Style of design popular in the 1920s and ’30s (3,4)
  16. 3d National park in northern Tanzania (9)
  17. 4d Alarm (5)
  18. 5d Best in the circumstances (7)
  19. 6d African desert (6)
  20. 11d Appealingly amusing (9)
  21. 13d Make stronger (7)
  22. 14d Measure of energy in food (7)
  23. 15d Adopt (7)
  24. 16d Mischief-maker (6)
  25. 18d Broadcast for a second time (5)