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  1. 1 a Lace bed (anag.) (7)
  2. 8 a Nose or chin, say (7)
  3. 9 a Scribble – flee (4,3)
  4. 10 a Hamper (7)
  5. 11 a Squares (5)
  6. 13 a Account of a word’s development (9)
  7. 15 a Glasnost leader (9)
  8. 18 a Push forward (5)
  9. 21 a Aficionado (7)
  10. 22 a Old (7)
  11. 23 a Melissa (anag.) (7)
  12. 24 a Aestival (7)
  13. 1 d Evade (5)
  14. 2 d Batter (5)
  15. 3 d Grilled (5-8)
  16. 4 d Dummy (6)
  17. 5 d One at the mercy of the latest trends? (7,6)
  18. 6 d Town (of sun-dried bricks) (6)
  19. 7 d Sacristy (6)
  20. 12 d Act of forbidding (4)
  21. 14 d Observe steadily and with intent (4)
  22. 15 d Coarse laugh (6)
  23. 16 d Give a different label to (6)
  24. 17 d Pester (6)
  25. 19 d Hurt pride (5)
  26. 20 d Sly (5)

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