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  1. 1 a Shelter (6)
  2. 4 a Lessens (6)
  3. 8 a Country house with grounds (5)
  4. 9 a Leopard (anag) — released conditionally (7)
  5. 10 a Rural community (7)
  6. 11 a Small game bird (5)
  7. 12 a One who opposes official policy (9)
  8. 17 a TS Eliot's 'cruelest month' (5)
  9. 19 a Angelic messenger who brought the Virgin Mary her good news (7)
  10. 21 a Instructor (7)
  11. 22 a Padded mattress from Japan (5)
  12. 23 a Casual top (1-5)
  13. 24 a Scottish children (6)
  14. 1 d Take away (6)
  15. 2 d Caressed (7)
  16. 3 d Italy's largest lake (5)
  17. 5 d Ornate and extravagant in style (7)
  18. 6 d Where Gene Pitney was only 24 hours from (5)
  19. 7 d Lamb joint (6)
  20. 9 d Austro-Hungarian-born American film director, d. 1986 in New York (9)
  21. 13 d Yellow element (7)
  22. 14 d Dishonest person — tornado (7)
  23. 15 d Too old (4,2)
  24. 16 d Fundamental parts of a platform (6)
  25. 18 d Come to (5)
  26. 20 d British film and television award (5)

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