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  1. 1a Make them before leaving (7)
  2. 8a Use it to secure locks? (7)
  3. 9a When to rest (7)
  4. 10a Crested ground-nesting bird (7)
  5. 11a Sea snail (5)
  6. 13a Boringly similar (9)
  7. 15a Section of text (9)
  8. 18a What birds do at 9 (5)
  9. 21a Express derision (5)
  10. 22a Experienced individual (3,4)
  11. 23a Mrs Hinch, for example (7)
  12. 24a Parker or Wordsworth? (7)
  13. 1d Grease, room or patch? (5)
  14. 2d Get something for nothing (5)
  15. 3d Obstacle to negotiations (8,5)
  16. 4d Postpone (plans) (6)
  17. 5d Motorcycle messenger (8,5)
  18. 6d Rise (6)
  19. 7d Gawain or Galahad? (6)
  20. 12d Skirt or hoop? (4)
  21. 14d ___ Murdoch, novelist died 1999 (4)
  22. 15d Create an opening (6)
  23. 16d Fried (or grilled) slice (6)
  24. 17d Provide (6)
  25. 19d Bridget Riley’s work, for instance (2,3)
  26. 20d Any time before midnight (5)