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  1. 1 a Person experienced in life (3,2,3,5)
  2. 8 a Vandal (7)
  3. 9 a Comes closer to (5)
  4. 10 a Team up (with) (4)
  5. 11 a Day of very hot and sunny weather (8)
  6. 13 a Completely saturated (6)
  7. 14 a Wood cut and prepared as building material (6)
  8. 17 a Discursive (8)
  9. 19 a Badly behaved child (4)
  10. 21 a Machine that produces the winning Premium Bond numbers (5)
  11. 22 a Blood disorder — ie am Ana (anag) (7)
  12. 24 a Get married? (4,3,6)
  13. 1 d Cut the grass (3)
  14. 2 d Irritated (7)
  15. 3 d Bogus (4)
  16. 4 d Roman lyric poet, d.8BC — a chore (anag) (6)
  17. 5 d Inspiring a feeling of delight (8)
  18. 6 d Limits within which something can be effective (5)
  19. 7 d Member of the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa, 1941-2 (6,3)
  20. 10 d Able to soak up liquid easily (9)
  21. 12 d Determined to achieve something at all costs (4-4)
  22. 15 d Female star of the 1942 film Casablanca, d.1982 (7)
  23. 16 d Provoke to fury (6)
  24. 18 d Capital of Belarus (5)
  25. 20 d Welcome — precipitation (4)
  26. 23 d Chopper (3)

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