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  1. 1 a Ostentatious ceremony (4)
  2. 3 a Appraised (8)
  3. 9 a Not connected to the internet (7)
  4. 10 a Resentment of a slight (5)
  5. 11 a Precise (5)
  6. 12 a Four quarts (6)
  7. 14 a Serving as an ordinary seaman in an old sailing ship (6,3,4)
  8. 17 a Block of Earth's crust lifted to form peaks of a mountain range (6)
  9. 19 a Card game (5)
  10. 22 a Large commune of Rome at the mouth of the Tiber (5)
  11. 23 a Non-attendance (7)
  12. 24 a Hearth (8)
  13. 25 a Conceited (4)
  14. 1 d Adages — Old Testament book (8)
  15. 2 d Criminal organisation (5)
  16. 4 d Legerdemain (7,2,4)
  17. 5 d Evict (5)
  18. 6 d Huge coniferous California trees (7)
  19. 7 d Harts and hinds (4)
  20. 8 d Speak at length about trivial matters (6)
  21. 13 d First Minister of Scotland since 2014 (8)
  22. 15 d Praise insincerely (7)
  23. 16 d Uncover (6)
  24. 18 d Leading performers (partnered with stripes?) (5)
  25. 20 d East Africa country (5)
  26. 21 d Code G (4)

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