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  1. 1 a Bogota (anag) (6)
  2. 4 a As are all the members of ABBA (6)
  3. 8 a Arboreal African snake with a fatal bite (5)
  4. 9 a Nervous (7)
  5. 10 a School clothing? (7)
  6. 11 a Beneath (5)
  7. 12 a Great pre-19th century European painter (3,6)
  8. 17 a Message received and understood! (5)
  9. 19 a Israeli communal settlement (7)
  10. 21 a Mythical sea creature (7)
  11. 22 a Strip of pleated material used as a trim (5)
  12. 23 a Forty winks (6)
  13. 24 a Part of a poem (6)
  14. 1 d Abnormal tissue growth (6)
  15. 2 d Italian toddler (7)
  16. 3 d Seabird and bat excrement once widely used as a fertiliser (5)
  17. 5 d Diver's outfit (3,4)
  18. 6 d Causing terror (5)
  19. 7 d English detective-story writer, d. 1957 (6)
  20. 9 d Crammed (3-6)
  21. 13 d Currently inactive (7)
  22. 14 d French Indian Ocean department (7)
  23. 15 d Crikey! (6)
  24. 16 d Type of rhododendron grown for its showy flowers of different colours (6)
  25. 18 d Ravine (5)
  26. 20 d Suit (5)

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