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  1. 1 a Ballet dancer's skirt (4)
  2. 3 a Using bad language (8)
  3. 9 a Strong wind down the 20 valley (7)
  4. 10 a Robinson Crusoe author (5)
  5. 11 a Senior member of a group (5)
  6. 12 a Despot (6)
  7. 14 a I'm a notable nut (anag) — Cape Town feature (5,8)
  8. 17 a Being nosy (6)
  9. 19 a Rapidly becoming popular online (5)
  10. 22 a Regions (5)
  11. 23 a Tiresome (7)
  12. 24 a Removed — mimicked (5,3)
  13. 25 a Contradict (4)
  14. 1 d Lack of assertiveness (8)
  15. 2 d Irritable (5)
  16. 4 d Esteemed (4,7,2)
  17. 5 d Snake (like an abacus?) (5)
  18. 6 d Spanish princess (7)
  19. 7 d Scottish valley (4)
  20. 8 d (Get a) tan (6)
  21. 13 d British island known locally as Ynys Môn (8)
  22. 15 d In a violent frenzy (7)
  23. 16 d South-west US state (6)
  24. 18 d Norwegian dramatist (5)
  25. 20 d River running from the Swiss Alps to the Mediterranean (5)
  26. 21 d Abstain from eating (4)

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