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  1. 1 a Singer, perhaps — chewing is mean (anag) (6,7)
  2. 8 a Outer packaging (7)
  3. 9 a Influence (5)
  4. 10 a White tissue under the peel of citrus fruit (4)
  5. 11 a Grateful expression (5,3)
  6. 13 a Guilty (6)
  7. 14 a Greek island where Odysseus was king (6)
  8. 17 a Person paying (8)
  9. 19 a Counterspy (4)
  10. 21 a Skilled (5)
  11. 22 a Not serious (7)
  12. 24 a Thawing of icy relations (13)
  13. 1 d Woodcutter (3)
  14. 2 d American novelist, author of The Age of Innocence, d. 1937 (7)
  15. 3 d Back of the neck (4)
  16. 4 d Waterlogged (6)
  17. 5 d Funfair stall knock-offs? (8)
  18. 6 d Piano key? (5)
  19. 7 d VIP's attendants (9)
  20. 10 d Child's buggy (9)
  21. 12 d Train from London to Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam (8)
  22. 15 d Turn into a fine spray (7)
  23. 16 d Fast — wild (6)
  24. 18 d Brush up — look for bugs (5)
  25. 20 d Bird of prey — spinnaker (informal) (4)
  26. 23 d Permit (3)

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