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  1. 1a Soldiers' defensive ditch (6)
  2. 4a Outer part of a loaf of bread (6)
  3. 8a Light between red and green (5)
  4. 9a Give the wrong impression (7)
  5. 10a Dark-red sour cherry (7)
  6. 11a Atlas or Prometheus, for instance (5)
  7. 12a Go too far (9)
  8. 17a Begin to do something energetically (3,2)
  9. 19a Sharp front tooth (7)
  10. 21a Ear (informal) (7)
  11. 22a Short — essential information (5)
  12. 23a One suffering for their beliefs (6)
  13. 24a Dazed and confused (6)
  14. 1d Emotional shock with lasting effects (6)
  15. 2d Agreement not to publish material before a certain time or date (7)
  16. 3d Yuletide song (5)
  17. 5d Italian rice dish cooked gradually in stock (7)
  18. 6d Used time (in a specific way) (5)
  19. 7d Section of rail track used for shunting (6)
  20. 9d Homes in on (anag) — illicit alcohol (9)
  21. 13d The environment as it relates to living things (7)
  22. 14d Posing a challenge (7)
  23. 15d Place of safety (6)
  24. 16d Artful (6)
  25. 18d The ___ Who Came to Tea, 1968 children's book by Judith Kerr (5)
  26. 20d Highland Games equipment (5)