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  1. 1 a Lines to learn, or something to take to the pharmacy (6)
  2. 4 a Pugilists – pants (6)
  3. 8 a Hay blocks (5)
  4. 9 a Howl emotionally (7)
  5. 10 a One of the World Cup runners-up, 2023 (7)
  6. 11 a Salts or Derby? (5)
  7. 12 a One at the top of the A-list (9)
  8. 17 a Mirror, body or splitting (5)
  9. 19 a Hapless Hamlet noblewoman (7)
  10. 21 a Derring-do (7)
  11. 22 a Pool, e.g. (5)
  12. 23 a Fusible alloy for uniting metals (6)
  13. 24 a Workplace go-to senior colleague (6)
  14. 1 d Nuanced (6)
  15. 2 d Deodorants with spheres (4-3)
  16. 3 d Sheriff’s collection of helpers in a Western (5)
  17. 5 d Let up on (anag) (7)
  18. 6 d Some are oral (5)
  19. 7 d Like some scenes and all working saunas (6)
  20. 9 d Light-hearted (9)
  21. 13 d Childishly silly (7)
  22. 14 d Disallow (4,3)
  23. 15 d Rags’ counterpart (6)
  24. 16 d Persiflage or pleasantries (6)
  25. 18 d Easter’s month, sometimes (5)
  26. 20 d It makes waste, they tell us (5)

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