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  1. 1a Electrical control (6)
  2. 4a Transition from the sublime to the ridiculous (6)
  3. 9a 1897 gothic horror novel (7)
  4. 10a Dome-shaped ice cream dessert (5)
  5. 11a Former Japanese capital (5)
  6. 12a Sea bed? (7)
  7. 13a Lewis Carroll poem (11)
  8. 18a Strong alcohol (7)
  9. 20a Duck with soft feathers (5)
  10. 22a Kind of pachyderm (abbr) (5)
  11. 23a Racing canine (7)
  12. 24a Add patterns of colour to a fabric (3-3)
  13. 25a Practitioner of a winter sport (6)
  14. 1d Number puzzle (6)
  15. 2d Northwest US state (5)
  16. 3d Unit of electrical charge (7)
  17. 5d Picture book? (5)
  18. 6d Socrates's killer (7)
  19. 7d Stool pigeons (6)
  20. 8d GK Chesterton's detective (6,5)
  21. 14d Obtain (7)
  22. 15d Stone pillar with a pyramidal top (7)
  23. 16d Blood — wine (6)
  24. 17d Rhetorician (6)
  25. 19d Very dark brown or black (5)
  26. 21d Warehouse (5)