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  1. 1 a Brain case (7)
  2. 8 a Make aware (of) (7)
  3. 9 a Poker-faced (7)
  4. 10 a Three-pronged spear (7)
  5. 11 a Items of jewellery (5)
  6. 13 a Sailors' song (3,6)
  7. 15 a Set up (9)
  8. 18 a Praise — honour (5)
  9. 21 a Two successive lines of verse (7)
  10. 22 a Lacking professional expertise (7)
  11. 23 a One who doubts accepted opinions (7)
  12. 24 a Train a gun (4,3)
  13. 1 d Alcoholic drink (with Rosie?) (5)
  14. 2 d From the top! (5)
  15. 3 d This can't be! (13)
  16. 4 d Utterance often repeated (6)
  17. 5 d Getting out of bed very early (2,4,3,4)
  18. 6 d Yield (4,2)
  19. 7 d Soldier on watch (6)
  20. 12 d Mid-month date in ancient Rome (4)
  21. 14 d What a dog may wag (4)
  22. 15 d Intemperance (6)
  23. 16 d Hairpiece to cover baldness (6)
  24. 17 d Undamaged (6)
  25. 19 d Place where contests and spectacles are held (5)
  26. 20 d Sound the strings of a guitar, say (5)

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