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  1. 1 a Someone to bounce ideas off (8,5)
  2. 8 a So-called (7)
  3. 9 a (Under the) protection (5)
  4. 10 a Puff – a bit of tobacco (4)
  5. 11 a Move like Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (3,5)
  6. 13 a Act (6)
  7. 14 a Go for it (3,3)
  8. 17 a Lacking confidence (8)
  9. 19 a Industrial region in western Germany (4)
  10. 21 a A lot of fuss (3-2)
  11. 22 a Alive (7)
  12. 24 a Deserving censure (13)
  13. 1 d Drunk (3)
  14. 2 d Falsehood (7)
  15. 3 d In the proper fashion (4)
  16. 4 d Ordinary (6)
  17. 5 d Box-fresh (5-3)
  18. 6 d Noble gas, used in Geiger counters (5)
  19. 7 d Viral disease affecting dogs and other animals (9)
  20. 10 d William Randolph Hearst, for instance (9)
  21. 12 d Clear out (8)
  22. 15 d Actors say it when pretending to chat (7)
  23. 16 d Source of lubrication (6)
  24. 18 d Pry (5)
  25. 20 d One’s not a hit (4)
  26. 23 d Open it and see (3)

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