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  1. 1 a Commendation (6)
  2. 4 a God-fearing (5)
  3. 7 a Hang around for no good reason (6)
  4. 8 a Excerpt (6)
  5. 9 a For his sake, words expressing annoyance! (4)
  6. 10 a Recent recruit (8)
  7. 12 a Avebury's prehistoric ring (5,6)
  8. 17 a Sign of the zodiac (8)
  9. 19 a Bound along (4)
  10. 20 a Stick together (6)
  11. 21 a High-altitude wispy cloud (6)
  12. 22 a Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, d. 1924 (5)
  13. 23 a Record cover (6)
  14. 1 d Skill (7)
  15. 2 d Style of design popular in the 1920s and ’30s (3,4)
  16. 3 d National park in northern Tanzania (9)
  17. 4 d Alarm (5)
  18. 5 d Best in the circumstances (7)
  19. 6 d African desert (6)
  20. 11 d Appealingly amusing (9)
  21. 13 d Make stronger (7)
  22. 14 d Measure of energy in food (7)
  23. 15 d Adopt (7)
  24. 16 d Mischief-maker (6)
  25. 18 d Broadcast for a second time (5)

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