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  1. 1 a Indian sitar virtuoso, Ravi, d. 2012 (7)
  2. 8 a KLM, for example (7)
  3. 9 a Natural — no cigar (anag) (7)
  4. 10 a Sort of typeface (7)
  5. 11 a Rice-based dish (5)
  6. 13 a Equanimity (9)
  7. 15 a Mother with kids? (5,4)
  8. 18 a Having (nearly) the same characteristics (5)
  9. 21 a Storm (7)
  10. 22 a Person excluded from society (7)
  11. 23 a American reindeer (7)
  12. 24 a Without wasting words (7)
  13. 1 d 1938 Evelyn Waugh novel, satirising foreign correspondents in Ethiopia (5)
  14. 2 d Kind and lovable person (5)
  15. 3 d Annual US horse race for three-year-olds (8,5)
  16. 4 d Prejudicial behavious — Ma is RC (anag) (6)
  17. 5 d Baking powder ingredient (5,2,6)
  18. 6 d Social background (6)
  19. 7 d Large monster seen in Scotland, reportedly (6)
  20. 12 d Greek letter (4)
  21. 14 d Absolute — out-and-out (4)
  22. 15 d Observe (6)
  23. 16 d Like a dead parrot? (2,4)
  24. 17 d Choose not to participate (3,3)
  25. 19 d Hopping mad (5)
  26. 20 d Admittance (5)

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