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  1. 1 a Flower (7)
  2. 8 a Expressing love (7)
  3. 9 a One who speaks excessively (7)
  4. 10 a Nasal aperture (7)
  5. 11 a Sloping mass of loose rock (5)
  6. 13 a Rest (9)
  7. 15 a Intermediary (2-7)
  8. 18 a Trials — tribulations (5)
  9. 21 a Offensive remarks (7)
  10. 22 a Shopping container (7)
  11. 23 a (Of pasta) firm when eaten (2,5)
  12. 24 a Slices of bacon (7)
  13. 1 d Game on a green (5)
  14. 2 d Proprietor (5)
  15. 3 d Aggressive display of military force (5-8)
  16. 4 d Large bottle (6)
  17. 5 d Painstaking (13)
  18. 6 d Very unpleasant (6)
  19. 7 d Old stableman at an inn — sterol (anag) (6)
  20. 12 d Small north Pacific salmon (4)
  21. 14 d Compass point (4)
  22. 15 d Six-stringed instrument (6)
  23. 16 d Compared with (6)
  24. 17 d Festival after Lent (6)
  25. 19 d Balm — ointment (5)
  26. 20 d Eye infections (5)

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