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  1. 1a Lace bed (anag.) (7)
  2. 8a Nose or chin, say (7)
  3. 9a Scribble – flee (4,3)
  4. 10a Hamper (7)
  5. 11a Squares (5)
  6. 13a Account of a word’s development (9)
  7. 15a Glasnost leader (9)
  8. 18a Push forward (5)
  9. 21a Aficionado (7)
  10. 22a Old (7)
  11. 23a Melissa (anag.) (7)
  12. 24a Aestival (7)
  13. 1d Evade (5)
  14. 2d Batter (5)
  15. 3d Grilled (5-8)
  16. 4d Dummy (6)
  17. 5d One at the mercy of the latest trends? (7,6)
  18. 6d Town (of sun-dried bricks) (6)
  19. 7d Sacristy (6)
  20. 12d Act of forbidding (4)
  21. 14d Observe steadily and with intent (4)
  22. 15d Coarse laugh (6)
  23. 16d Give a different label to (6)
  24. 17d Pester (6)
  25. 19d Hurt pride (5)
  26. 20d Sly (5)