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  1. 1 a Total admission revenue from a sporting event (4)
  2. 3 a Common pest of gardens and crops (8)
  3. 9 a Word of initials (7)
  4. 10 a Greek author of fables, d. c. 560 BC (5)
  5. 11 a I've no idea (informal) (5)
  6. 12 a Viz (6)
  7. 14 a Current astrological period (heyday of the hippie and NewAge movements?) (3,2,8)
  8. 17 a Source of great authority (6)
  9. 19 a Marinade used on meat in Indian cuisine before grilling in a clay oven (5)
  10. 22 a Chide a child (5)
  11. 23 a Automatons (7)
  12. 24 a Pair of pincers (8)
  13. 25 a Person who is the senior member of a group (4)
  14. 1 d Daily newspaper, founded 1821 in Manchester (8)
  15. 2 d Italian city with a shroud (5)
  16. 4 d Kitchen utensil kept busy on Pancake Day? (5,8)
  17. 5 d Deep gap (5)
  18. 6 d Spiral pasta (7)
  19. 7 d Nervous tension on the putting green? (4)
  20. 8 d Unique thing (3-3)
  21. 13 d Hired murderer (8)
  22. 15 d Aural aperture (7)
  23. 16 d Keats's 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' (6)
  24. 18 d Port where in 1587 Francis Drake 'singed the King of Spain's beard' (5)
  25. 20 d Kevin ___ , American actor and singer, b. 1947 (5)
  26. 21 d Listen! (4)

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