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  1. 1a The Marx brother with spectacles and a cigar (7)
  2. 8a A vigorous reprimand (when read) (4,3)
  3. 9a Smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan (7)
  4. 10a Container for holding baked food (4,3)
  5. 11a Grill a slice (5)
  6. 13a Drunk(ard) (9)
  7. 15a Au revoir (6-3)
  8. 18a Something worth having (5)
  9. 21a Edible mollusc with a ribbed fan-shaped shell (7)
  10. 22a Inane (7)
  11. 23a As an upside-down horseshoe is supposed to be? (7)
  12. 24a Hinged surface on trailing edge of plane's wing (7)
  13. 1d Spirit … (5)
  14. 2d … contacted via this board? (5)
  15. 3d Hand-made French silk (9,4)
  16. 4d Person thought to know a lot about a lot (6)
  17. 5d Dog — Ken's police car (anag) (6,7)
  18. 6d Sacred sound or saying (6)
  19. 7d Position taken (6)
  20. 12d A Greek spirit (4)
  21. 14d Newcastle's river (4)
  22. 15d A connected web (of lies?) (6)
  23. 16d By mouth (6)
  24. 17d Tropical American fruit shaped like an elongated melon (6)
  25. 19d Downhill sportsperson (5)
  26. 20d Connection (3-2)