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  1. 1a 2012 musical film set in France, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter (3,10)
  2. 8a Vehicle for hire (7)
  3. 9a Mixer for gin (5)
  4. 10a Old-fashioned exclamation of exultation or surprise (4)
  5. 11a Words which look similar but sound different (3,5)
  6. 13a Casting a ballot (6)
  7. 14a Kind of acid — coming from ants (6)
  8. 17a Goal for AA members? (8)
  9. 19a Attract (4)
  10. 21a Beatle on drums (5)
  11. 22a Attribute (7)
  12. 24a Victorian bicycle (5-8)
  13. 1d Fate (3)
  14. 2d Navigator's implement (7)
  15. 3d Former Machu Picchu inhabitant (4)
  16. 4d Fertilised human egg (6)
  17. 5d Prior (8)
  18. 6d Tall and thin (5)
  19. 7d Person or thing immune to criticism (6,3)
  20. 10d Listen in without the speaker knowing (9)
  21. 12d A blood protein produced by one's immune system to neutralise harmful foreign substances (8)
  22. 15d James Bond's drink of choice (7)
  23. 16d Layers (6)
  24. 18d Source of old West African metal plaques and statues, many still held in the British Museum (5)
  25. 20d Kind of jazz singing (4)
  26. 23d It's very embarrassing to have this on one's face (3)