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  1. 1 a 2012 musical film set in France, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter (3,10)
  2. 8 a Vehicle for hire (7)
  3. 9 a Mixer for gin (5)
  4. 10 a Old-fashioned exclamation of exultation or surprise (4)
  5. 11 a Words which look similar but sound different (3,5)
  6. 13 a Casting a ballot (6)
  7. 14 a Kind of acid — coming from ants (6)
  8. 17 a Goal for AA members? (8)
  9. 19 a Attract (4)
  10. 21 a Beatle on drums (5)
  11. 22 a Attribute (7)
  12. 24 a Victorian bicycle (5-8)
  13. 1 d Fate (3)
  14. 2 d Navigator's implement (7)
  15. 3 d Former Machu Picchu inhabitant (4)
  16. 4 d Fertilised human egg (6)
  17. 5 d Prior (8)
  18. 6 d Tall and thin (5)
  19. 7 d Person or thing immune to criticism (6,3)
  20. 10 d Listen in without the speaker knowing (9)
  21. 12 d A blood protein produced by one's immune system to neutralise harmful foreign substances (8)
  22. 15 d James Bond's drink of choice (7)
  23. 16 d Layers (6)
  24. 18 d Source of old West African metal plaques and statues, many still held in the British Museum (5)
  25. 20 d Kind of jazz singing (4)
  26. 23 d It's very embarrassing to have this on one's face (3)

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