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  1. 1 a Lower in status (6)
  2. 4 a Italian brandy (6)
  3. 9 a Nod once (anag) — make allowances for (7)
  4. 10 a Twelve dozen (5)
  5. 11 a Ready (anag) — pet (5)
  6. 12 a Exhausted (4,3)
  7. 13 a One looking after a golf course (11)
  8. 18 a Part exchange (5-2)
  9. 20 a Upper leg (5)
  10. 22 a One of the Brontë sisters (5)
  11. 23 a Requisite (7)
  12. 24 a Undergo genetic change (6)
  13. 25 a Tempestuous (6)
  14. 1 d Period of years (6)
  15. 2 d Large ray (5)
  16. 3 d Painkilling (medicine) (7)
  17. 5 d Message received and understood! (5)
  18. 6 d Move up — market (7)
  19. 7 d Property (6)
  20. 8 d Renewal of an interest (11)
  21. 14 d Pragmatic person (7)
  22. 15 d Request earnestly (7)
  23. 16 d Watercourse (6)
  24. 17 d Altogether (6)
  25. 19 d Country ruled by Cleopatra (5)
  26. 21 d Deduce (5)

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