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  1. 1 a Llama-like animal with a long silky fleece (6)
  2. 4 a Picked (6)
  3. 8 a Light fabric with a crinkled surface (5)
  4. 9 a Musical event (7)
  5. 10 a Presiding officer in the House of Commons (7)
  6. 11 a Smithy (5)
  7. 12 a Producer of alcoholic spirits (9)
  8. 17 a Block of metal (5)
  9. 19 a Recommended (7)
  10. 21 a Turn down (7)
  11. 22 a Shelf-like projection (5)
  12. 23 a Agricultural implement (6)
  13. 24 a Desperado (6)
  14. 1 d Way in (6)
  15. 2 d Feign (7)
  16. 3 d Not a good place to be up! (5)
  17. 5 d Small number (but hard to manage!) (7)
  18. 6 d Daub (5)
  19. 7 d Lower (6)
  20. 9 d Gristle (9)
  21. 13 d Surroundings (7)
  22. 14 d Dwelt (7)
  23. 15 d Bound (4,2)
  24. 16 d Period in the Christian year leading up to Christmas (6)
  25. 18 d Small, often highly vocal, lizard (5)
  26. 20 d Russian river flowing into the Caspian Sea (5)

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