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  1. 1 a Books on wheels? (6,7)
  2. 8 a Groom's sidekick (4,3)
  3. 9 a One looking after the needs of others (5)
  4. 10 a French bread (4)
  5. 11 a Airborne weapons (8)
  6. 13 a Be a success (3,3)
  7. 14 a One from Kathmandu (6)
  8. 17 a Poetry (of a kind!) (8)
  9. 19 a Heavy tool with a wooden handle and a curved iron head, pointed at both ends (4)
  10. 21 a Duck (5)
  11. 22 a Way of writing overseas (7)
  12. 24 a Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (3,3,7)
  13. 1 d Criminal organisation (3)
  14. 2 d Citadel (7)
  15. 3 d Light source (4)
  16. 4 d Dahl ingredient (6)
  17. 5 d Free of charge (informal) (8)
  18. 6 d ___ Come She Will, 1965 Paul Simon song (5)
  19. 7 d Measure used for comparison (9)
  20. 10 d Wishful thinking (4,5)
  21. 12 d Self-critical conscience — eg poseur (anag) (8)
  22. 15 d Hero whose magic words 'Open Sesame' found the way into the forty thieves' cave (3,4)
  23. 16 d Exact (6)
  24. 18 d Stuck together (5)
  25. 20 d Arguments in favour (4)
  26. 23 d Assume a horizontal position (3)

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