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  1. 1a Books on wheels? (6,7)
  2. 8a Groom's sidekick (4,3)
  3. 9a One looking after the needs of others (5)
  4. 10a French bread (4)
  5. 11a Airborne weapons (8)
  6. 13a Be a success (3,3)
  7. 14a One from Kathmandu (6)
  8. 17a Poetry (of a kind!) (8)
  9. 19a Heavy tool with a wooden handle and a curved iron head, pointed at both ends (4)
  10. 21a Duck (5)
  11. 22a Way of writing overseas (7)
  12. 24a Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (3,3,7)
  13. 1d Criminal organisation (3)
  14. 2d Citadel (7)
  15. 3d Light source (4)
  16. 4d Dahl ingredient (6)
  17. 5d Free of charge (informal) (8)
  18. 6d ___ Come She Will, 1965 Paul Simon song (5)
  19. 7d Measure used for comparison (9)
  20. 10d Wishful thinking (4,5)
  21. 12d Self-critical conscience — eg poseur (anag) (8)
  22. 15d Hero whose magic words 'Open Sesame' found the way into the forty thieves' cave (3,4)
  23. 16d Exact (6)
  24. 18d Stuck together (5)
  25. 20d Arguments in favour (4)
  26. 23d Assume a horizontal position (3)