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  1. 1 a Chirping insect (6)
  2. 4 a Bolshoi Ballet base (6)
  3. 9 a Person born between 23 October and 22 November? (7)
  4. 10 a Ventured (5)
  5. 11 a Vichyssoise ingredient (5)
  6. 12 a Capital of Armenia (7)
  7. 13 a Weed on a moon (anag) — early spring-flowering plant (4,7)
  8. 18 a Foes (7)
  9. 20 a Scandalise (5)
  10. 22 a Big Band dance music (5)
  11. 23 a Immortal (7)
  12. 24 a Places of interest for tourists (6)
  13. 25 a Sartre (anag) — check (6)
  14. 1 d Dear (6)
  15. 2 d Identical copy (5)
  16. 3 d Forcibly removed from office (7)
  17. 5 d Requisition (5)
  18. 6 d Mobile home (7)
  19. 7 d Walking through shallow water (6)
  20. 8 d One's entire self (4,3,4)
  21. 14 d Job opportunity (7)
  22. 15 d Wander — wind about (7)
  23. 16 d Parts of a poem (6)
  24. 17 d Minor — snub (6)
  25. 19 d Bullion bar (5)
  26. 21 d Coolness and composure under strain (5)

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