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  1. 1 a Puzzle (6)
  2. 4 a Important — ex-PM (5)
  3. 7 a Picture house (6)
  4. 8 a Reports of the work of a society or learned body (6)
  5. 9 a Highlander, say (4)
  6. 10 a Valuable rock for cutting and polishing (8)
  7. 12 a Impassive (11)
  8. 17 a Announce (8)
  9. 19 a Small gentle animal (worth £25?) (4)
  10. 20 a Flower — Bertie Wooster's aunt (6)
  11. 21 a Lacking any breadth of view (6)
  12. 22 a Tall and thin (5)
  13. 23 a French head of state following François Hollande (6)
  14. 1 d French bread (7)
  15. 2 d Artist of consummate skill (7)
  16. 3 d James Hilton's mythical paradise (7-2)
  17. 4 d Mathematical operation (5)
  18. 5 d Desiring what others have (7)
  19. 6 d Brown with a red tinge (6)
  20. 11 d Single obsession (9)
  21. 13 d Medium-sized water bird without webbed feet (7)
  22. 14 d Beethoven piano concerto, Op. 73 (7)
  23. 15 d Period at the end of the day (7)
  24. 16 d An arachnid (6)
  25. 18 d Conceited — flashy — aggressive (5)

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