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  1. 1 a Wrongful employment (6)
  2. 4 a Spring flower (6)
  3. 8 a G-string (5)
  4. 9 a Stern (7)
  5. 10 a Homeless person (7)
  6. 11 a Roofer (5)
  7. 12 a Tommy, for example (4,5)
  8. 17 a Hard (5)
  9. 19 a Supervise (7)
  10. 21 a Cold sauce eaten with curry (7)
  11. 22 a Large passenger ship (5)
  12. 23 a Go one way and then the other (6)
  13. 24 a Adhesive (6)
  14. 1 d Reason for an action (6)
  15. 2 d Parasite (7)
  16. 3 d Eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (5)
  17. 5 d Ribboned decoration (7)
  18. 6 d Wickerwork basket (5)
  19. 7 d Mountain range — code word for S (6)
  20. 9 d Collection of pieces by different writers (9)
  21. 13 d Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music (7)
  22. 14 d Poison, As (7)
  23. 15 d Over-the-shoulders supporters (6)
  24. 16 d Sell down the river (6)
  25. 18 d Surgical dressing (5)
  26. 20 d Ceremonial elegance and splendour (5)

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