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  1. 1a Martial art (4,2)
  2. 4a Clear and bright (6)
  3. 8a Not as many (5)
  4. 9a Small vegetable, pickled whole (7)
  5. 10a State of heightened activity (7)
  6. 11a Iconic mental representation (sometimes spitting?) (5)
  7. 12a Excessively critical person (3-6)
  8. 17a Manufacturer (5)
  9. 19a To be played quickly and with liveliness (7)
  10. 21a Merciful — net line (anag) (7)
  11. 22a Adjust a little bit (5)
  12. 23a To tape (anag) (6)
  13. 24a Elegant and formal (6)
  14. 1d Garment with sleeves reaching down to the ankles, worn by men in the Middle East (6)
  15. 2d Stevenage, Crawley or Hatfield, for example (3,4)
  16. 3d School classes (5)
  17. 5d Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky) (3,4)
  18. 6d Indian word for proper or genuine (5)
  19. 7d US Democrat Party symbol (6)
  20. 9d Gad about (9)
  21. 13d Underwater weapon (7)
  22. 14d Go backwards (7)
  23. 15d Talisman (6)
  24. 16d Game played with sticks (6)
  25. 18d African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages (5)
  26. 20d Afterwards (5)