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  1. 1a Intrigue (6)
  2. 4a Rigidly old-fashioned (6)
  3. 9a Novice (7)
  4. 10a Select a target (3,2)
  5. 11a Youngest of the Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice (5)
  6. 12a Unusual (7)
  7. 13a Closely question (11)
  8. 18a Third and last epoch of the three divisions of European prehistory (4,3)
  9. 20a Something used by mountaineers, college porters and beavers (5)
  10. 22a Pile of stones (5)
  11. 23a Lacking the means to fight back (7)
  12. 24a In a straightforward way (6)
  13. 25a Superfluous (6)
  14. 1d Wooden bench with 6s and a high back (6)
  15. 2d Discerned (5)
  16. 3d Authority (7)
  17. 5d Swallow in a single draft (5)
  18. 6d Smarter (anag) (7)
  19. 7d Deceased's money and property (6)
  20. 8d Capable — of cruel ruse (anag) (11)
  21. 14d Silvery metal used in superconducting alloys, Nb (7)
  22. 15d Brave — charmer (7)
  23. 16d Travelling show (6)
  24. 17d Piercing instrument (6)
  25. 19d Quash (5)
  26. 21d Walt Disney's (stupid?) flying elephant (5)