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  1. 1 a Hysterically funny (4-9)
  2. 8 a Perfect example (7)
  3. 9 a It can reduce one to tears (5)
  4. 10 a Make a clean cut (4)
  5. 11 a Quick witty exchanges (8)
  6. 13 a Item with pulling power? (6)
  7. 14 a Reading from the Bible in church (6)
  8. 17 a Overly theatrical (8)
  9. 19 a Helpless — doomed (4)
  10. 21 a Home planet (5)
  11. 22 a Barber's stock-in-trade (7)
  12. 24 a On paper (13)
  13. 1 d Drink (or eat) (3)
  14. 2 d Wendy ___ , Peter Pan's close friend (7)
  15. 3 d Grows slack (4)
  16. 4 d Hang around (6)
  17. 5 d Treacherous (3-5)
  18. 6 d The ___ (1977 Iggy Pop album) (5)
  19. 7 d Crisp round biscuit — eg turning (anag) (6,3)
  20. 10 d About to drop off? (9)
  21. 12 d Figure of speech (sometimes mixed) (8)
  22. 15 d Uncomplaining (7)
  23. 16 d Old soldier's headgear (3,3)
  24. 18 d Unsettling (5)
  25. 20 d Metal used as an anti-rust coating on iron and steel (4)
  26. 23 d Have a bash (3)

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