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  1. 1 a Hot wind blowing north across the Mediterranean (7)
  2. 8 a Take in — convert into money (7)
  3. 9 a Exhibiting confidence (7)
  4. 10 a Deep down (2,5)
  5. 11 a Breathes noisily (5)
  6. 13 a Provisional — hesitant (9)
  7. 15 a City on the Tyne (9)
  8. 18 a Hitch-hiking requirements? (5)
  9. 21 a Somerset village above a gorge (7)
  10. 22 a Gourmet (7)
  11. 23 a Relief in time of distress (7)
  12. 24 a Confessed (5,2)
  13. 1 d Low land that floods (5)
  14. 2 d Increased (5)
  15. 3 d New Look designer, d. 1957 (9,4)
  16. 4 d Issue an instruction that must be obeyed (6)
  17. 5 d Cunning, scheming and unscrupulous (13)
  18. 6 d Festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs (6)
  19. 7 d One of the Fab Four? (6)
  20. 12 d Pinnacle of achievement (4)
  21. 14 d SI unit of electric potential (4)
  22. 15 d Insect (anag) (6)
  23. 16 d Pitiful person (6)
  24. 17 d Spanish bullfighter (6)
  25. 19 d Establish (5)
  26. 20 d Get some shut-eye (5)

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