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  1. 1 a Butterfly or cat (13)
  2. 8 a Plant’s coiling threadlike climbing organ (7)
  3. 9 a ___-ski (5)
  4. 10 a Leave out (4)
  5. 11 a Disgruntled destroyer (8)
  6. 13 a Putrefy (6)
  7. 14 a A beret (anag) – make 1d sounds towards (6)
  8. 17 a Remote – like some incidents? (8)
  9. 19 a Top of a beer (4)
  10. 21 a Baghdad resident, e.g. (5)
  11. 22 a Aberration (7)
  12. 24 a Sneaky, secret or stealthy (13)
  13. 1 d Brief sound of disapproval (3)
  14. 2 d Vintage comedy The Two ___ (7)
  15. 3 d Fairy-tale baddie (4)
  16. 4 d Brunei has one (6)
  17. 5 d Added salt – well-versed (8)
  18. 6 d Spine-tingling (5)
  19. 7 d Intense ray of light (5,4)
  20. 10 d Verboten (3-6)
  21. 12 d Unlike 23d (8)
  22. 15 d ‘Hero ingredient’ of guacamole (7)
  23. 16 d Arrive’s antithesis (6)
  24. 18 d Broadcasting now (2,3)
  25. 20 d Young uncastrated male horse (4)
  26. 23 d Positive response (3)

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