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  1. 1a Friendly (6)
  2. 4a Not recognised (6)
  3. 9a Embassy staffer (7)
  4. 10a Lavishly praise or boast about (something) (5)
  5. 11a (Briefly) famous person (5)
  6. 12a Cause concern (7)
  7. 13a In the main – Stanley lies (anag) (11)
  8. 18a Memory loss (7)
  9. 20a Canvas support? (5)
  10. 22a Pipe or rose (a not e) (5)
  11. 23a New World marsupial (7)
  12. 24a Funeral address (6)
  13. 25a In fact (6)
  14. 1d Uncertain (6)
  15. 2d Up to (5)
  16. 3d Morbid (7)
  17. 5d At no time (5)
  18. 6d Extraordinary (7)
  19. 7d Copes (financially, say) (4,2)
  20. 8d Guilty party (11)
  21. 14d Solar timepiece (7)
  22. 15d Colourless, fruity-smelling solvent (7)
  23. 16d Speak quickly and incoherently – like geese? (6)
  24. 17d That’s shocking! (6)
  25. 19d Unconcerned gesture (5)
  26. 21d Plant fibre used to make rope and rugs (5)