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  1. 1 a Top car (anag) — jailer (6)
  2. 4 a Having existed from the beginning (6)
  3. 9 a Conscientious (7)
  4. 10 a Waits in hiding to attack (5)
  5. 11 a Clean (anag) — weapon (5)
  6. 12 a Outfit (7)
  7. 13 a Having turrets and battlements (11)
  8. 18 a It may be (7)
  9. 20 a Freshwater fish (5)
  10. 22 a Hazardous (5)
  11. 23 a High — rapturous (7)
  12. 24 a Enlarge (6)
  13. 25 a In disagreement (2,4)
  14. 1 d Embrace (6)
  15. 2 d Stage — hoax (3,2)
  16. 3 d Unconventional (7)
  17. 5 d Irritates (5)
  18. 6 d Large tent (7)
  19. 7 d Tied — beaten (6)
  20. 8 d Banned from consideration (11)
  21. 14 d Spray can (7)
  22. 15 d Allure (7)
  23. 16 d Treated mercifully (6)
  24. 17 d British financier and coloniser in southern Africa, d. 1902 (6)
  25. 19 d Up to now (2,3)
  26. 21 d Famous (5)

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