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  1. 1 a Slight (7)
  2. 8 a Gradual decline (7)
  3. 9 a Shade of pink tinged with yellow (7)
  4. 10 a Simple and natural (7)
  5. 11 a The 'silent' Marx brother (5)
  6. 13 a Remedied (9)
  7. 15 a A dog hunts (anag) (9)
  8. 18 a City on the Missouri River, founded in 1854 and known as the 'Gateway to the West' (5)
  9. 21 a Light-fingered folk (7)
  10. 22 a Sudden forceful flow (7)
  11. 23 a Collector of wild fungi, berries etc (7)
  12. 24 a Facilitated (7)
  13. 1 d Cut deeply (5)
  14. 2 d Mistake (5)
  15. 3 d Pasternak novel (6,7)
  16. 4 d Delay (6)
  17. 5 d Essex resort on the Thames estuary (8-2-3)
  18. 6 d Exe and Wye, say (but not Zed) (6)
  19. 7 d Idle (6)
  20. 12 d Mother's sister (4)
  21. 14 d Engrave (4)
  22. 15 d Cause to explode (3,3)
  23. 16 d Where birds are kept (6)
  24. 17 d Doubtful (6)
  25. 19 d A 30-day month (5)
  26. 20 d In the future (5)

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