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  1. 1a Someone to bounce ideas off (8,5)
  2. 8a So-called (7)
  3. 9a (Under the) protection (5)
  4. 10a Puff – a bit of tobacco (4)
  5. 11a Move like Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (3,5)
  6. 13a Act (6)
  7. 14a Go for it (3,3)
  8. 17a Lacking confidence (8)
  9. 19a Industrial region in western Germany (4)
  10. 21a A lot of fuss (3-2)
  11. 22a Alive (7)
  12. 24a Deserving censure (13)
  13. 1d Drunk (3)
  14. 2d Falsehood (7)
  15. 3d In the proper fashion (4)
  16. 4d Ordinary (6)
  17. 5d Box-fresh (5-3)
  18. 6d Noble gas, used in Geiger counters (5)
  19. 7d Viral disease affecting dogs and other animals (9)
  20. 10d William Randolph Hearst, for instance (9)
  21. 12d Clear out (8)
  22. 15d Actors say it when pretending to chat (7)
  23. 16d Source of lubrication (6)
  24. 18d Pry (5)
  25. 20d One’s not a hit (4)
  26. 23d Open it and see (3)