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  1. 1 a Too (2,4)
  2. 4 a Circuit maker or breaker (6)
  3. 8 a Winter sportsperson (5)
  4. 9 a With distinctly different coloured patches (7)
  5. 10 a Bag for school books (7)
  6. 11 a Japanese martial art using split bamboo swords (5)
  7. 12 a Exaggerate (9)
  8. 17 a Orchestra section (5)
  9. 19 a Doubtful — suspect (7)
  10. 21 a In a resentful manner (7)
  11. 22 a Set of rooms (5)
  12. 23 a Central Vietnam's largest city by population (2,4)
  13. 24 a German composer of a famous lullaby (6)
  14. 1 d Evaluate (6)
  15. 2 d Pare (wood) with a knife (7)
  16. 3 d Abrupt unsteady movement (5)
  17. 5 d Destroyed (7)
  18. 6 d Wedding dress feature (5)
  19. 7 d River running between Manhattan and New Jersey (6)
  20. 9 d Munro play (anag) — about the lungs (9)
  21. 13 d Projecting part of a fortification (7)
  22. 14 d Unprincipled — playfully mischievous (7)
  23. 15 d Demeaned (6)
  24. 16 d UK's only venomous snakes (6)
  25. 18 d Lion in the Chronicles of Narnia (5)
  26. 20 d Defeated contestant (5)

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