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  1. 1a Indian sitar virtuoso, Ravi, d. 2012 (7)
  2. 8a KLM, for example (7)
  3. 9a Natural — no cigar (anag) (7)
  4. 10a Sort of typeface (7)
  5. 11a Rice-based dish (5)
  6. 13a Equanimity (9)
  7. 15a Mother with kids? (5,4)
  8. 18a Having (nearly) the same characteristics (5)
  9. 21a Storm (7)
  10. 22a Person excluded from society (7)
  11. 23a American reindeer (7)
  12. 24a Without wasting words (7)
  13. 1d 1938 Evelyn Waugh novel, satirising foreign correspondents in Ethiopia (5)
  14. 2d Kind and lovable person (5)
  15. 3d Annual US horse race for three-year-olds (8,5)
  16. 4d Prejudicial behavious — Ma is RC (anag) (6)
  17. 5d Baking powder ingredient (5,2,6)
  18. 6d Social background (6)
  19. 7d Large monster seen in Scotland, reportedly (6)
  20. 12d Greek letter (4)
  21. 14d Absolute — out-and-out (4)
  22. 15d Observe (6)
  23. 16d Like a dead parrot? (2,4)
  24. 17d Choose not to participate (3,3)
  25. 19d Hopping mad (5)
  26. 20d Admittance (5)