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  1. 1a Shelter (6)
  2. 4a Lessens (6)
  3. 8a Country house with grounds (5)
  4. 9a Leopard (anag) — released conditionally (7)
  5. 10a Rural community (7)
  6. 11a Small game bird (5)
  7. 12a One who opposes official policy (9)
  8. 17a TS Eliot's 'cruelest month' (5)
  9. 19a Angelic messenger who brought the Virgin Mary her good news (7)
  10. 21a Instructor (7)
  11. 22a Padded mattress from Japan (5)
  12. 23a Casual top (1-5)
  13. 24a Scottish children (6)
  14. 1d Take away (6)
  15. 2d Caressed (7)
  16. 3d Italy's largest lake (5)
  17. 5d Ornate and extravagant in style (7)
  18. 6d Where Gene Pitney was only 24 hours from (5)
  19. 7d Lamb joint (6)
  20. 9d Austro-Hungarian-born American film director, d. 1986 in New York (9)
  21. 13d Yellow element (7)
  22. 14d Dishonest person — tornado (7)
  23. 15d Too old (4,2)
  24. 16d Fundamental parts of a platform (6)
  25. 18d Come to (5)
  26. 20d British film and television award (5)