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  1. 1 a Having the necessary expertise – will feed quail (anag) (4-9)
  2. 8 a Honour (7)
  3. 9 a Chiromancer’s reading material? (5)
  4. 10 a Noisy – and garish (4)
  5. 11 a Manual worker (8)
  6. 13 a Ride or run very quickly (6)
  7. 14 a Bottom of the ocean (6)
  8. 17 a Well-organised (8)
  9. 19 a Court order (4)
  10. 21 a Retch (5)
  11. 22 a Deliberate (7)
  12. 24 a Campaigning organisation – pursues groper (anag) (8,5)
  13. 1 d Bundle (of notes) (3)
  14. 2 d Hoax (3-4)
  15. 3 d Give up (4)
  16. 4 d Regardless (6)
  17. 5 d Unseemly (8)
  18. 6 d Layabout (5)
  19. 7 d Smear (9)
  20. 10 d Navigation aid to other vessels (9)
  21. 12 d Solo bet’s (anag) – unsuccessful (8)
  22. 15 d Filled tortilla (7)
  23. 16 d Not so great (6)
  24. 18 d Plot in the churchyard (5)
  25. 20 d Level (4)
  26. 23 d Decline – party food (3)

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