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  1. 1 a Audacious (4)
  2. 3 a Cordial (8)
  3. 9 a Keen to find out (7)
  4. 10 a Long-handled broom made of twigs (5)
  5. 11 a At right angles to a ship (5)
  6. 12 a Chinwag (abbr) (6)
  7. 14 a Configuration of stars as seen from Earth (13)
  8. 17 a Angle formed by the junction of two branches of a tree (6)
  9. 19 a Get it down you! (3,2)
  10. 22 a Device used to invert an image (5)
  11. 23 a Unsophisticated young woman (7)
  12. 24 a Go here in disgrace (8)
  13. 25 a Checks closely (4)
  14. 1 d As luck would have it (2,6)
  15. 2 d Syd Little's old partner (5)
  16. 4 d Children's game that leaves one standing! (7,6)
  17. 5 d A floating bedroom? (5)
  18. 6 d Type of long-grained rice (7)
  19. 7 d US television award (4)
  20. 8 d Clever remark (3,3)
  21. 13 d Snatches (8)
  22. 15 d Nightingale's calling? (7)
  23. 16 d Get even (6)
  24. 18 d Pace (5)
  25. 20 d Slight trace of colour (5)
  26. 21 d Imitated in every way (4)

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