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  1. 1a Rotting animal flesh (7)
  2. 8a Small wind instrument with finger holes (7)
  3. 9a Concentrate anew (7)
  4. 10a Type of living environment (7)
  5. 11a Siren (anag) (5)
  6. 13a All-consuming (9)
  7. 15a Elastic hair fastener (9)
  8. 18a First name of two of the Twelve Apostles (5)
  9. 21a Erroneously pick up what someone's saying (7)
  10. 22a Ringo Starr or Charlie Watts, for example (7)
  11. 23a Coherent (7)
  12. 24a Optical cleanser (7)
  13. 1d One who looks after another (5)
  14. 2d Starched frills round the neck, worn by Elizabethans (5)
  15. 3d Cause discomfort to (13)
  16. 4d One who eats enthusiastically (6)
  17. 5d Condiment — use ace bear cub (anag) (8,5)
  18. 6d Small restaurant serving wine (6)
  19. 7d Succulent plant (6)
  20. 12d What Cantor, Clapton, Idle and, indeed, George Orwell all have in common (4)
  21. 14d Release (4)
  22. 15d Figure of speech based on comparisons (6)
  23. 16d Step down (6)
  24. 17d Obstacle to be negotiated (6)
  25. 19d Female parent (informal) (5)
  26. 20d Side that won the American Civil War (5)