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  1. 1 a Martial art (4,2)
  2. 4 a Clear and bright (6)
  3. 8 a Not as many (5)
  4. 9 a Small vegetable, pickled whole (7)
  5. 10 a State of heightened activity (7)
  6. 11 a Iconic mental representation (sometimes spitting?) (5)
  7. 12 a Excessively critical person (3-6)
  8. 17 a Manufacturer (5)
  9. 19 a To be played quickly and with liveliness (7)
  10. 21 a Merciful — net line (anag) (7)
  11. 22 a Adjust a little bit (5)
  12. 23 a To tape (anag) (6)
  13. 24 a Elegant and formal (6)
  14. 1 d Garment with sleeves reaching down to the ankles, worn by men in the Middle East (6)
  15. 2 d Stevenage, Crawley or Hatfield, for example (3,4)
  16. 3 d School classes (5)
  17. 5 d Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky) (3,4)
  18. 6 d Indian word for proper or genuine (5)
  19. 7 d US Democrat Party symbol (6)
  20. 9 d Gad about (9)
  21. 13 d Underwater weapon (7)
  22. 14 d Go backwards (7)
  23. 15 d Talisman (6)
  24. 16 d Game played with sticks (6)
  25. 18 d African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages (5)
  26. 20 d Afterwards (5)

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