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  1. 1 a Fellow soldier (7-2-4)
  2. 8 a Hereditary knight (7)
  3. 9 a Book for someone swearing? (5)
  4. 10 a Chain armour (4)
  5. 11 a Sheets and pillowcases (8)
  6. 13 a Nakedness (6)
  7. 14 a Counter-factual (6)
  8. 17 a Leading (8)
  9. 19 a Feeble (4)
  10. 21 a Heraldic black (5)
  11. 22 a Knoll (7)
  12. 24 a Ostensibly (2,3,4,2,2)
  13. 1 d Hazelnut (3)
  14. 2 d Not single (7)
  15. 3 d Stuart queen (4)
  16. 4 d Word indicating the following alternatives (6)
  17. 5 d Taking small bites (8)
  18. 6 d Christmas card bird (5)
  19. 7 d Author of The Grapes of Wrath (9)
  20. 10 d Pre-election policy declaration (9)
  21. 12 d Disorderly rush (8)
  22. 15 d Utter fluently (4,3)
  23. 16 d Volcanic island near Naples (6)
  24. 18 d Automaton (5)
  25. 20 d Unrestrained joy (4)
  26. 23 d Equipment (3)

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