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  1. 1 a Friendly (6)
  2. 4 a Not recognised (6)
  3. 9 a Embassy staffer (7)
  4. 10 a Lavishly praise or boast about (something) (5)
  5. 11 a (Briefly) famous person (5)
  6. 12 a Cause concern (7)
  7. 13 a In the main – Stanley lies (anag) (11)
  8. 18 a Memory loss (7)
  9. 20 a Canvas support? (5)
  10. 22 a Pipe or rose (a not e) (5)
  11. 23 a New World marsupial (7)
  12. 24 a Funeral address (6)
  13. 25 a In fact (6)
  14. 1 d Uncertain (6)
  15. 2 d Up to (5)
  16. 3 d Morbid (7)
  17. 5 d At no time (5)
  18. 6 d Extraordinary (7)
  19. 7 d Copes (financially, say) (4,2)
  20. 8 d Guilty party (11)
  21. 14 d Solar timepiece (7)
  22. 15 d Colourless, fruity-smelling solvent (7)
  23. 16 d Speak quickly and incoherently – like geese? (6)
  24. 17 d That’s shocking! (6)
  25. 19 d Unconcerned gesture (5)
  26. 21 d Plant fibre used to make rope and rugs (5)

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