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  1. 1 a Track (4)
  2. 3 a Drink before dinner (8)
  3. 9 a ___ Man (1965 Beatles song) (7)
  4. 10 a Young women (5)
  5. 11 a Spring-blooming perennial flower (from Amsterdam?) (5)
  6. 12 a From Kolkata, perhaps (6)
  7. 14 a Author of Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927) (8,5)
  8. 17 a Mountainous region of central Italy (6)
  9. 19 a Embodiment of perfection (5)
  10. 22 a Noblemen (5)
  11. 23 a Annoying — tedious (7)
  12. 24 a Unable to make a decision (8)
  13. 25 a Attempt (4)
  14. 1 d Inflicting punishment (8)
  15. 2 d Cloth for drying (5)
  16. 4 d Rain, snow, sleet or hail (13)
  17. 5 d Fixed (5)
  18. 6 d Violent local windstorm (7)
  19. 7 d Bunch of fives (4)
  20. 8 d Ancient temple, home to Greece's foremost Oracle (6)
  21. 13 d Wealthy (8)
  22. 15 d Comments (7)
  23. 16 d Scotch (6)
  24. 18 d Trees (anag) (5)
  25. 20 d Historical era (5)
  26. 21 d Interlaced structure (4)

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