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  1. 1 a Intrigue (6)
  2. 4 a Rigidly old-fashioned (6)
  3. 9 a Novice (7)
  4. 10 a Select a target (3,2)
  5. 11 a Youngest of the Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice (5)
  6. 12 a Unusual (7)
  7. 13 a Closely question (11)
  8. 18 a Third and last epoch of the three divisions of European prehistory (4,3)
  9. 20 a Something used by mountaineers, college porters and beavers (5)
  10. 22 a Pile of stones (5)
  11. 23 a Lacking the means to fight back (7)
  12. 24 a In a straightforward way (6)
  13. 25 a Superfluous (6)
  14. 1 d Wooden bench with 6s and a high back (6)
  15. 2 d Discerned (5)
  16. 3 d Authority (7)
  17. 5 d Swallow in a single draft (5)
  18. 6 d Smarter (anag) (7)
  19. 7 d Deceased's money and property (6)
  20. 8 d Capable — of cruel ruse (anag) (11)
  21. 14 d Silvery metal used in superconducting alloys, Nb (7)
  22. 15 d Brave — charmer (7)
  23. 16 d Travelling show (6)
  24. 17 d Piercing instrument (6)
  25. 19 d Quash (5)
  26. 21 d Walt Disney's (stupid?) flying elephant (5)

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